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My impression is that Japan's temples are regularly destroyed. They're giant wooden structures with zero fire suppression and basically tinder boxes just waiting for a spark. Lo and behold, the Great ____ Earthquake/Fire or war occurs every few hundred years and there she goes.



In fact, many Japanese temples are designed to be torn down and rebuilt on a regular basis.


As they say: fires and fights are the flowers of Edo.




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