By TAKUMI OKADA/ Staff Writer
November 14, 2019 at 17:20 JST
Gyoei Saile heads to take an oral exam at a temporary lecture hall at Kofukuji temple in Nara on Nov. 13. (Takumi Okada)
NARA--German monk Gyoei Saile has long prepared for the chance of a lifetime, to take the qualifying oral exam at the prestigious Kofukuji temple here to become a chief priest. [Read More]
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