By JIRO TSUTSUI/ Staff Writer
January 1, 2026 at 07:00 JST
Erecting this five-storied pagoda at Koshoin temple in Ishikari, Hokkaido, “was a job of the sort you could expect to get only once in a century or even less often,” said Mitsuru Niwano, 56, of construction firm Satohide Corp., who served as master builder. “It aroused in me a passion to do a fine job and made me happy.” (Ryo Kudo)
ISHIKARI, Hokkaido--When Koshoin Temple officials sought to build a wooden pagoda here, they were told it would be impossible to erect one in these northlands, where winds and snow rage and frost does severe harm to such construction. [Read More]
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