FIVE-STORIED STUPA

Minobusan 身延山 Kuonji 久遠寺 which is the 108th temple of Kai 108 Reijō Pilgrimage is also the head temple of Nichirenshū 日蓮宗 to which about 5200 temples & about 3.3 million people belong. Its five-storied stupa 五重塔 was rebuilt in May this year, for the first time for about 130 years, and is 39 meters high.

Takashi Shikano 鹿野貴司, photographer, who had taken about 80 thousand pictures of the process of building the structure, carpenters, monks, changes of the seasons & various events of the temple for 2 years, holds the exhibition "The five-storied stupa coming back, Minobusan Kuonji 甦る五重塔 身延山久遠寺" where you can see 42 selected pictures. The venues are at Tokyo, Sapporo & Sendai.

- TOKYO -
Venue：Canon Gallery Ginza
Address：東京都中央区銀座3-9-7 トレランス銀座ビルディング1F (Google Map)
Term：July 2 ～ July 8, 2009
Hours：10:00 ～ 19:00（the final day : ～ 15:00）
Closed：Sunday
Admission：no charge

- SAPPORO -
Venue：Canon Gallery Sapporo
Address：北海道札幌市北区北7条西1-1-2 SE山京ビル1F (Google Map)
Term：August 17 ～ August 28, 2009
Hours：9:00 ～ 17:30（the final day : ～ 15:00）
Closed：Saturday & Sunday
Admission：no charge

- SENDAI -
Venue：Canon Gallery Sendai
Address：：宮城県仙台市青葉区国分町3-6-1 仙台パークビルヂング1F (Google Map)
Term：September 24 ～ October 2, 2009
Hours：9:00 ～ 17:30（the final day : ～ 15:00）
Closed：Saturday & Sunday
Admission：no charge

■ Link
・Takashi Shikano's official web site and official blog site