These are photos of Sarusawa Pond and Kofuku-ji Temple in Nara Prefecture, Japan, at sunrise (1st photo) and sunset (2nd photo). The five-story pagoda (last photo) of the temple is currently undergoing large-scale repairs, so I had given up on seeing it. However, I was able to see the pagoda in a nearly perfect form (although the first story was covered by a fence).
Kofuku-ji Temple is one of Japan’s oldest and most famous Buddhist temples, with a history of more than 1,300 years. I definitely recommend visiting the temple, especially to see the pagoda, which the temple once auctioned off for just 25 yen at the time—the equivalent of about 100,000 yen ($930 USD) today! 😲 If you're interested in why the temple did such a crazy thing, read this post!
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| Sarusawa pond at sunrise 日の出の猿沢池 |
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| Sarusawa pond and 5-story pagoda of Kofukuji temple at sunset 日の入りの猿沢池と興福寺五重塔 |
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| Central Golden Hall of Kofukuji temple 興福寺中金堂 |
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| Southern Round Hall 興福寺南円堂 |
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| Five-storied pagoda 五重塔 |
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日の出（1枚目）と日の入り（2枚目）の興福寺と猿沢池です。五重塔（最後）は修理が始まったということでもう見られないかと思っていたのですが、ぎりぎり間に合いました（最下層だけ足場が組まれていましたが）。
興福寺は大好きな寺の一つですが、いつも思うのが、廃仏毀釈の時に五重塔が当時の25円（今の10万円）で売りに出されたことです😲。なぜこんなバカなことが起きてしまったのかについてはこちらの記事をどうぞ。
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