By KAZUHIRO TAKEDA/ Staff Writer
April 5, 2020 at 07:20 JST
The new “hengaku” sign, shown at a studio in Tonami, Toyama Prefecture, features the Buddhist word “semui.” Nanbu Hakuun III uses the Inami wood carving techniques to create the plaque for Tokyo's Sensoji temple. (Kazuhiro Takeda)
NANTO, Toyama Prefecture--Artisans here have nearly completed a 660-kilogram wooden framed motto of Sensoji temple in Tokyo that resembles the one that was incinerated in the U.S. firebombing raids in World War II. [Read More]
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