By LISA VOGT/ Special to Asahi Weekly
December 5, 2023 at 07:30 JST
Visitors climb stone steps that lead up toward the Yomeimon gate at Nikko Toshogu Shrine. The national treasure is covered with about 240,000 sheets of gold leaf and is decorated with 508 elaborate carvings of dragons, phoenixes and other imaginary animals as well as events and sages, including those from ancient China. (Photo by Lisa Vogt)
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