Tradition and technology seen in Hokkaido’s 1st 5-storied pagoda | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis ISHIKARI, Hokkaido--When Koshoin Temple officials sought to build a wooden pagoda here, they were told it would be impossible to erect one in these northlands, where winds and snow rage and frost does...

A "marriage of tradition with contemporary technology" made possible Hokkaido's first wooden five-storied pagoda.

Visit Koshoin Temple in Ishikari, near Sapporo, to view this elegant pagoda for yourself.

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