SANBAGAWA, Gunma Prefecture--Benmou Suzuki’s dilapidated 420-year-old temple, located deep in the forest near a tiny Japanese mountain village, hardly looks like prized real estate. Yet the monk ...
The architectural layout of the temple was symmetrical ... This represented the first instance in Japan where researchers could reconstruct the cafeteria of a Kokubunji temple.
This layout is why researchers believe the ... He added that this was the first case at a Kokubunji temple anywhere in Japan where it is possible to reconstruct its cafeteria.