By TAKU KOYAMA/ Staff Writer
November 13, 2019 at 07:00 JST
A wooden beam from a Japanese cypress tree felled in 1046 is stored in the ceiling area of a minor Jodoin structure in the Byodoin temple complex in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture. Photo was taken on Oct. 18. (Taku Koyama)
UJI, Kyoto Prefecture--Wooden beams used in the construction of Byodoin temple's breathtaking Phoenix Hall, a World Heritage site, turn out to have been felled and fashioned years before the site was finished, research shows. [Read More]
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