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Most buildings in Japan are very ugly because nobody invests that much in them, because of this mentality that they're all temporary.

More interesting is that many temples in Japan - which are a lot more attractive than the minecraft rectangles that dominate the streetscapes - are completely torn down and rebuilt periodically.



No, that's just the Ise Grand Shrine, and the cost of doing that is stratospheric.




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