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Last week’s mystery, “Wooden walkway,” showed the Place of Peace at Greenville’s Furman University, where it was transported in 2004 from Nagoya, Japan. The reconstructed Hei-Sei-Ji Temple reportedly was the first Japanese temple to be dismantled in Japan and reconstructed in the United States.
“The Hei-Sei-Ji Temple was a family-owned temple that was originally built in 1984 in Nagoya, Japan, by Kiyohiro Tsuzuki (1937–2005), a industrial business leader who founded a number of textile businesses in Japan, Brazil and the United States,” wrote photo sleuth Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas. The temple was used by the family for special occasions such as birth celebrations and death memorials … Traditionally, Japanese temples are not allowed to be relocated outside of Japan. However, this temple was an exception because it was never assigned to a Buddhist priest to serve the local community.”
Reconstruction started in 2008 with a team of seven Japanese wood specialist, who didn’t rely on a single nail to build the temple, Peel said.
Others who correctly identified the temple and its wooden walkway were: Jay Altman and Elizabeth Jones, both of Columbia, S.C.; Bill Segars of Hartsville; Pat Corbett of Perry; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; David Lupo of Mount Pleasant; and Frank Bouknight of Summerville.
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