Toshodaiji Buddhist monastery to undergo restoration

Toshodaiji Buddhist monastery to undergo restoration

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows the main hall of the Toshodaiji Buddhist monastery in Nara which, along with two of its statues, all national treasures, will undergo a decade of restoration beginning in fiscal 2000. The Chinese monk Jianzhen, known as Ganjin in Japanese, founded the monastery in the ancient capital Nara in western Japan in 759. The main hall is believed to have been built around 776 and was last repaired in 1898.

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