A passenger car crashed into "Tosu," a wooden structure designated as an important cultural property, in the precincts of Tofuku-ji Temple, 15 Honmachi, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, at around 9:30 a.m. on October 17. The driver is a 30-year-old male employee of an organization, who lives in the same ward. According to Tofuku-ji Temple, "Tosu" is a Zen temple latrine. That temple's Tosu was built in the early Muromachi period, and is the oldest and largest existing in Japan, although it is no longer in use. No one was injured in the accident.

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Articles are excerpts from reports and news in the Kyoto Shimbun. Translated by Mie Hiuzon, Psyche et l’Amour, Inc.