One of the largest gardens outside of Japan ... when the sight of the moon rising over the swooping eaves of a pagoda looks like an inky Japanese watercolor. Japan and Hawaii have long had ...
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 ...