SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) — The Japanese Tea Garden’s towering pagoda, one of the few surviving structures from the 1915 world’s fair, has been revived to its former glory following a restoration, ...
When Koshoin Temple officials sought to build a wooden pagoda here, they were told it would be impossible to erect one in ...
He didn’t build it. He never visited it or even wrote about it. Yet, when it comes to the distinctly Japanese-inspired Pagoda House at 2037 Napoleon Ave., local lore — which has never depended on such ...
NARA—The famed five-story pagoda at Kofukuji temple here will soon be hidden from public view for years as the city’s landmark undergoes a major renovation. Construction to erect steel columns for the ...
The five-tiered wooden pagoda at the Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. (L Hoffheins/Flickr/CC BY-NC 2.0) The pagoda was never meant to fare outdoors. Unlike most pagoda ...
The five-tiered Peace Pagoda that’s emblematic of San Francisco’s Japantown could become the first historic landmark designated within the cultural district for its association with Japanese American ...
Monks prepare to take part in the completion ceremony of the East Pagoda of Yakushiji temple in Nara, on Feb. 15, 2021. (Mainichi/Takao Kitamura) NARA -- The dismantling and repair of the East Pagoda ...
YOUR correspondent is indebted to readers for their interesting comments about last week's column on timber-framed buildings. He is especially grateful to Anjin-san, whose observations about Japanese ...
Spotting a pagoda in Japan isn’t such a rare occurrence, as the towers are a pretty common feature of temple architecture. However, five-story-tall examples are few and far between, so much so that ...
Following a two-year restoration project, the Japanese Tea Garden's towering red pagoda in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park has been officially revived to its full glory, 107 years after its ...