Theme: Architectures in Connection with World Heritage


Five Storied Pagoda in the Horyuji Temple

Built: 607 A.D.
This temple is the oldest wooden building in existence in the world. This temple typifies Japanese wooden architecture.

Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto

Built: 778 A.D. This temple was built by Sakanoue no Tamuramaro in Heian period. The great stage in front of the main hall is a character of this temple.

Kinkaku (Golden Pavilion) in Kyoto

Built: 1397 A.D. This temple was built by Yoshimitsu Ashikaga as a villa of Muromachi Shogunate. This pavilion was covered with gold foil, then as the time passes, they have come off. In 1986, the building was repaired. It cost more than 740 million yen ($5.1 million).

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