Mnottheonion·Not The OnionbyMelonpoly Japan's 1,200-Year-Old ‘Eternal Flame’ Survives Massive Temple Firehttps://www.timesnownews.com/world/asia/japan-1200-year-old-eternal-flame-survives-massive-temple-fire-watch-article-154372512Open linkView original on lemmy.world214Comments27
No1 replyaussie.zone3Hide 3 repliesI don't know how you can tell if the flame survived the fire, or if the fire totally destroyed and has replaced the flame.33
massive_bereavement replyfedia.io1Hide 1 replyI wonder if it was always burning, since the world's been turning..38
SSylvartas replylemmy.dbzer0.comIn the article I read they are not discounting the eternal flame itself, so I think they're doing their due diligence3
MMrWafflesNBacon lemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesUpdate: 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-video23
FFontasia feddit.nlOne of the things I found incredible in Japan is nearly ever temple has a sign outside describing just how may times its burned down11
I suppose that makes sense.
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
"Flame survives fire"
i wonder what started the fire...
I wonder if it was always burning, since the world's been turning..
Well we didnt start the fire
Well, it wasn't "we".
In the article I read they are not discounting the eternal flame itself, so I think they're doing their due diligence
Ryan
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.
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
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?
Flame on!