朝日新聞社3 年
Enryakuji opens main temple hall to public after 1,200 years
OTSU, Shiga Prefecture--For the first time in its 1,200-year history, Enryakuji temple on Mount Hieizan here is allowing the general public to enter its fabled Kaidan-in main hall. This ...
朝日新聞社2 年
Ancient treasures turn out to be far older than scholars thought
OTSU, Shiga Prefecture--At least nine Buddhist statues long assumed to have been carved after a fire set by the warlord Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582) razed Enryakuji temple here to the ground in the ...