By JIRO TSUTSUI/ Staff Writer
June 2, 2020 at 19:39 JST
Connecting corridors of Hogonji temple, back side left, on May 30 after repair work was completed. On the right is the main building of Tsukubusumajinja shrine. (Sayuri Ide)
NAGAHAMA, Shiga Prefecture--An island on Lake Biwako is giving up its last secrets. It emerges that a temple and an adjacent shrine there were likely constructed from a bridge that was part of feudal warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Osaka Castle. [Read More]
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