Higashi Honganji Temple is the head temple of the Jodo Shinshu Buddhist sect.
The founder of the sect is Shinran Shonin.
The precincts of the temple were destroyed by fire four times during the Edo period, but the current building was completed in the Meiji period.
It is one of the world’s largest wooden buildings, with a height of 38m, a front of 76m, a side of 58m, and 927 tatami mats inside the hall.
At 21 meters in front, 13 meters in sides, and 27 meters in height, it is one of the largest wooden temple gates in the world.
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