Hall Linked to Buddhist Saint Kukai Burns Down on Miyajima
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A historic Buddhist temple in western Japan was reduced to ashes after a strong fire, in a fact that shocked both faithful and tourists alike. Fire consumed the Reikado Hall of Daishoin Temple in Hiroshima Prefecture, a site famous for hosting a legendary “eternal flame” that has been on fire for over a thousand and 200 years. Videos broadcast by Japanese media showed the enclosure completely wrapped in flames while dense columns of black smoke …
[Yomiuri Shimbun] At around 8:30 a.m. on the 20th, at the "Kiezu no Reikado" (Unextinguishable Sacred Fire Hall) of Daishoin Temple, located near the summit of Mt. Misen (535 meters) on Itsukushima (Miyajima) in Hatsukaichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture
On the morning of May 20, 2026, a fire completely destroyed the so-called Hall of Sacred Fire in Miyajima, Japan, a historic building that protected one of the oldest religious flames in the world. On TV Azteca Puebla we tell you the details. What is the "Sacred Fire Room"? The enclosure belonged to a temple founded by the monk Kūkai in 806 and was recognized for hosting the "Eternal Flame" or Kiezu no Hi, a sacred fire that had remained on for …
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