I'm sure you remember the earlier story of the monk who starved himself to death and used to pray 60,000 times a day. Well, do ya? The Chion-in temple was built on the site where he died, and is now the headquarters of the Buddhist sect descended from his original followers. The entrance to the temple at left is quite majestic, and opens into a huge open space with temples and monks' quarters sprinkled around. In most of the buildings, the floors are constructed as "nightingale floors", which make a distinctive noise every time they're stepped on in order to alert the monks to intruders. I can see the benefit of this at night, but during the day, wouldn't it be like being surrounded by kids with those horrible sound and light shows built into their shoes?