An Interactive Digital Archive for Japanese Historical Architecture

Digitization of cultural assets is crucial in preserving, restoring, reproducing and publicizing information on valuable cultural assets through the use of up-to-date technologies. These materials can be used as educational material for future generations. This study proposes and demonstrates a new method of creating a multi-purpose interactive digital archive, which makes use of a 5-story pagoda in the Kyouou-gokoku-ji Temple in Kyoto, Japan.