This kind of pagoda structure was recorded in ancient documents and shown in sculptures ... period of Buddhist development in China from Japanese temples. According to research by Japanese ...

The pagoda was built as a temporary indoor display in the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition’s Palace of Food Products. It was moved to the Japanese Tea Garden in 1916.

The pagoda seen from nearby Sarusawaike pond is regarded as one of the landscapes that best depicts the charms of the ancient capital. Although the tower appears to be a five-story structure from ...

The pagoda is about 50 meters tall, making it the second-tallest wooden pagoda in Japan after the one at Toji temple in Kyoto. It was originally built in 730 by order of Empress Komyo, and has ...