One of the things I found incredible in Japan is nearly ever temple has a sign outside describing just how may times its burned down
Flame on!
I suppose that makes sense.
“Flame survives fire”
I don’t know how you can tell if the flame survived the fire, or if the fire totally destroyed and has replaced the flame.
Yes, how do we know if it’s the same flame?
The flame of Theseus
This was my grandfather’s housefire, I just repainted
i wonder what started the fire…
In the article I read they are not discounting the eternal flame itself, so I think they’re doing their due diligence
Ryan
I wonder if it was always burning, since the world’s been turning…
Well we didnt start the fire
Well, it wasn’t “we”.
Update: OP added link :D
OP forgot the link so here is one of the news articles about it: https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2026/may/21/buddhist-hall-housing-eternal-flame-in-japan-destroyed-by-fire-video
Fixed it, thanks
No problem, thank you for fixing it!
That’s why you keep flame backups.
I use Backblaze for that.
I can hear this perfectly I love this fucking movie.
How did the fire start? Wait, don’t tell me…
Sometimes you’ve got to fight fire with fire
boo!
Flame survived the firemen, not the fire?
can’t believe japan ripped off the bangles
wasn’t that billie joel?
