Revisiting the Himeji castle, I learned an interesting fact about its recent renovation. One of the renovation stages was the dismantling of the roof, a process during which all of the 80,000 roof tiles were cleaned and each of them was examined to decide whether it can be reused or not. More than 80% of the original roof tiles were reused, and the rest were made by using the original techniques.

Himeji Castle, Himeji

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Yesterday’s Japan Photo: Kyoto Shoren-in Autumn Illumination