Major repair work at Kofuku-ji temple pagoda

Major repair work at Kofuku-ji temple pagoda

Monks attend a ground-breaking ceremony held at Kofuku-ji temple in Nara, western Japan, on April 6, 2025, ahead of the first major repair work in about 120 years for its five-story pagoda, likely to be completed in March 2034.

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