Rooftop of Kyoto temple's Amitabha hall renovated

Rooftop of Kyoto temple's Amitabha hall renovated

KYOTO, Japan - The renovated rooftop of the Amitabha hall of Higashi Honganji Buddhist temple in Kyoto, western Japan, is shown to the press on Sept. 12, 2014, after the fixing of some 108,000 clay tiles to the roof with stainless nails to reduce the total weight by about 400 tons.

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