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Wood high-rise construction

plam

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05-07-2019, 10:41 AM (This post was last modified: 05-07-2019, 10:43 AM by plam.)

(05-07-2019, 10:11 AM)tomh009 Wrote: And the 32m-tall pagoda at Houryuu-ji in Japan has been standing over 1400 years.

What does this sentence from the Wikipedia entry mean? "The [restoration] project was interrupted during the Second World War, when large portions of the temple itself were dismantled and hidden in the hills surrounding Nara."

Ah: "At Houryuu-ji not only is the same ヒノキ wood used in any renovations, but also care is taken to find wood with similar blemishes to the original." (https://blog.gaijinpot.com/problem-with-...-in-japan/)

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