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Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Prefecture
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The temple garden's pond perfectly mirrors the pagoda's reflection, a design technique the Ouchi clan borrowed from Zen temples in Ming Dynasty China during their active trade period.
The pagoda's proportions follow a precise mathematical ratio that creates an optical illusion: each story appears identical in height when viewed from ground level, though they actually decrease in size.
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Fascinating facts about this place
The temple garden's pond perfectly mirrors the pagoda's reflection, a design technique the Ouchi clan borrowed from Zen temples in Ming Dynasty China during their active trade period.
The pagoda's proportions follow a precise mathematical ratio that creates an optical illusion: each story appears identical in height when viewed from ground level, though they actually decrease in size.
The five-story pagoda here ranks among Japan's three finest and has survived over 600 years without a single nail, relying entirely on interlocking wooden joints that flex during earthquakes.
Built in the early 1400s during the Ouchi clan's golden age, this pagoda reflects when Yamaguchi rivaled Kyoto as a center of culture and was called the 'Kyoto of the West.'
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