Big news: one more chance to salvage the Kameyama Josen-ji !
I am glad to re-publish here the proposal do salvage and re build a beautiful temple that was doomed for demolition in 2022.
the long tail of the pandemy froze the situation for a couple of years but now the countdown has been s
et up again and the d-day is now December 2024.
so we have 2-3 months to find a candidate and 2-3 months for the actual dismantling work.
I am sharing below the information of 2 years ago.
Exchange rate and shipping costs should have become more favorable as well, so please let us know your advice 🙌
I am not sure if it is sad news or happy news,
…but yes! we can definitely turn it into a 100% happy news!
An old temple (called Josen-ji) located in Kameyama (Aichi prefecture) will be demolished in early 2023.
The building is said to be at least 150 years old (but judging from the photos I think even more)

The elegant noyane (double roof) slanted iri-moya roof (a mix between hip roof and gable roof) is finished with the “hongawara” roof tiles which means that there are 2 separate parts, one for the concave and one for the convex components.
The size of the hon-do (main hall) is about 11m x 11m + external corridor.
It seems unbelievable, but they are also going to demolish and dump the gorgeous gold plated altar and massive scuptured ranma panels (;゚Д゚)!
See photos below. Also you can access the google drive below for more photos. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AEYzGB0nBRIv74tMXFIy2VUOA7bb_Nux?usp=sharing
or if it is easier, with google photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/q9kDS2pQ3GcqppxXA (same pics)
(more…)