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  2. Hōryū-ji - Wikipedia

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    The temple was founded by Prince Shōtoku in 607, but according to the Nihon Shoki, in 670 all buildings were burned down by lightning. However, reconstructed at least 1,300 years ago, the Kondō (main hall) is widely recognized as the world's oldest wooden building. [1] [2]

  3. Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu ...

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    The guardian shrine for the nearby Byōdō-in, and adjacent to Uji Shrine, Ujigami-jinja was originally built around 1060, making it the oldest original Shinto shrine in Japan. It is the oldest example of nagare-zukuri style of shrine architecture in Japan, where the three inner shrine structures are built side-by-side, with the structure in ...

  4. Sapporo Clock Tower - Wikipedia

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    The building was one of the earliest to be built in Sapporo, which was chosen as the new administrative center of Hokkaidō in 1868, the officially recognized year celebrated as the "birth" of the city. It is the oldest building standing in Sapporo, and the oldest clock tower in Japan.

  5. List of oldest extant buildings - Wikipedia

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    Oldest standing building still in regular use. [138] Aula Palatina: Germany: 306 CE Palace basilica Contains the largest extant hall from antiquity. [129] Jokhang: Lhasa, Tibet, China: c. 639 CE Buddhist temple Perhaps the world's oldest timber-frame building. [139] Hōryū-ji: Nara, Japan: 670 CE Buddhist Temple Oldest wooden building still ...

  6. List of World Heritage Sites in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Some of the buildings date to the 7th and 8th centuries. They were constructed shortly after the introduction of Buddhism to Japan and are among the oldest surviving wooden buildings in the world. The architecture of the monuments reflects the adaptation of Chinese influences and the subsequent development of a distinct Japanese style. [6 ...

  7. Izumo-taisha - Wikipedia

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    The shrine is believed by many to be the oldest Shinto shrine in Japan, even predating the Ise Grand Shrine. A style of architecture, taisha-zukuri, takes its name from the main hall of Izumo-taisha. That hall, and the attached buildings, were designated National Treasures of Japan in 1952. According to tradition, the hall was previously much ...

  8. Shōfuku-ji (Higashimurayama) - Wikipedia

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    The Shōfuku-ji Jizō hall employed new building techniques perfected by the Japanese master builders during the Kamakura era that permitted more strength, elasticity, and detail compared to Chinese, Korean, or earlier Japanese techniques. From the outside it appears as a two-story structure with sharply upturned eaves on the roofs.

  9. Kyoto Imperial Palace - Wikipedia

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    The palace, like many of the oldest and most important buildings in Japan, was destroyed by fire and rebuilt many times over the course of its history. It has been destroyed and rebuilt eight times, six of them during the 250-year-long peace of the Edo period.