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To commemorate the royal wedding of then Crown Prince Akihito (Emperor Emeritus today) and Princess Michiko (Empress ...
To commemorate the royal wedding of then Crown Prince Akihito (Emperor Emeritus today) and Princess Michiko (Empress Emeritus) of Japan, the large fountains were built to the east of the Imperial Palace in 1961. Later in 1995, the park ...
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Lake Ashinoko, the crater lake formed by the eruption some 3,000 years ago, is the primary attraction of the Hakone r...
Lake Ashinoko, the crater lake formed by the eruption some 3,000 years ago, is the primary attraction of the Hakone region. The fine views of the lake, in combination with the distant Mount Fuji, can be enjoyed from cruise boats, camping...
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Owakudani is a volcanic cauldron of steam vents and bubbling pools created by an eruption some 3000 years ago. Whit...
Owakudani is a volcanic cauldron of steam vents and bubbling pools created by an eruption some 3000 years ago. White plumes of smoke and the distant scenery of Mount Fuji combine to create mysterious scenery. From the ropeway station...
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Obuse Town, located in north-east of Nagano Prefecture, has a population of ten thousand in which lots of merchants t...
Obuse Town, located in north-east of Nagano Prefecture, has a population of ten thousand in which lots of merchants thrived in Edo Era, 1603-1867. Thanks to their supports for art. many artists tied up with Obuse. Katsushika Hokusai, The...
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Zenkō-ji is one of the most important Buddhist temples located outside Kyoto or Nara area. Personally this temple gav...
Zenkō-ji is one of the most important Buddhist temples located outside Kyoto or Nara area. Personally this temple gave me a very impressive memory when I visited first time and really I want foreign visitors to guide here. The temple...
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After successful feeding, this monkey park in the Jigokudani Onsen area was established in 1964 to protect and observ...
After successful feeding, this monkey park in the Jigokudani Onsen area was established in 1964 to protect and observe wild monkeys, known as Snow Monkeys in English. The hot spring pool dedicated to the monkeys, measuring 4m by 10m, was...
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Kanman-ga-fuchi, Abyss is located near The Tamosawa Villa where is said to be created by the eruption of Mt. Nantai, ...
Kanman-ga-fuchi, Abyss is located near The Tamosawa Villa where is said to be created by the eruption of Mt. Nantai, the symbol of Nikko. The seventies Jizo Bodhisattva, or Kshitigabha, are familiar with many international visitors.
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Mashiko has a long history of folk pottery. It is a small town but there are a lot of things to see and experience. ...
Mashiko has a long history of folk pottery. It is a small town but there are a lot of things to see and experience. You can see a large farmhouse with thteched roof, pottery studio, climbing kilns
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Lake Chuzenji, located in the highland 15km west of Nikko, is among the highest lakes in Japan. The lake was created ...
Lake Chuzenji, located in the highland 15km west of Nikko, is among the highest lakes in Japan. The lake was created about 20,000 years ago when an eruption of the adjacent Mount Nantai (2486m) blocked the valley below. The area is mostl...
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Among some 50 beautiful waterfalls in Nikko, Kegon Waterfall is the most famous and considered one of top three water...
Among some 50 beautiful waterfalls in Nikko, Kegon Waterfall is the most famous and considered one of top three waterfalls in Japan. This 97m-high waterfall is the only outlet flowing out of Lake Chuzenji and is flanked by a dozen or so ...
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This shrine dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, has an extraordinary grandeur with i...
This shrine dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, has an extraordinary grandeur with imposing architectural beauty. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999, the compound hosts 55 structures includin...
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Nikko Edomura (Edo Wonderland) , opened in 1986, is a history theme park recreating street scenes from the Edo period...
Nikko Edomura (Edo Wonderland) , opened in 1986, is a history theme park recreating street scenes from the Edo period (1603-1868). In the vast area of 15 hectares spread an old foot highway with checkpoints, inn town, artisan district an...
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Atami is one of the largest onsen resorts in Japan with easy transport access by shinkansen. Its mortar-shaped terrai...
Atami is one of the largest onsen resorts in Japan with easy transport access by shinkansen. Its mortar-shaped terrain is landscaped with an abundance of hotels, ryokan and villas, a majestic appearance when viewed from the side of the s...
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This is the largest Chinatown in Japan, packed with some 400 shops within several blocks (0.2 square km). At the four...
This is the largest Chinatown in Japan, packed with some 400 shops within several blocks (0.2 square km). At the four entrances is a colorfully decorated Chinese gate, which leads you to arrays of restaurants, groceries, knick-knack and ...
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The Hakkeijima Sea Paradise, located on a small island just off shore, is an amusement park that houses 4 aquariums. ...
The Hakkeijima Sea Paradise, located on a small island just off shore, is an amusement park that houses 4 aquariums. This is a huge complex themed with sea life, and the main attraction is Aqua Museum, one of the largest in Japan, where ...
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Isezaki-cho shopping district, located in front of Kannai Station in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, is a blend o...
Isezaki-cho shopping district, located in front of Kannai Station in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, is a blend of old and new, traditional Japan and Western culture. Along the 1.5km- (0.9mile-)long street, there are some traditiona...
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The Yokohama World Porters is a huge commercial complex in the Minato Mirai 21 district. The 6-story complex opened i...
The Yokohama World Porters is a huge commercial complex in the Minato Mirai 21 district. The 6-story complex opened in 1999 has 160 stores, many of which specialize in overseas fashion brands, 50 restaurants and a multiplex cinema with 8...
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The 70-story Landmark Tower, built in 1993, is Japan's second highest skyscraper at 296m, following Abano Harukasu in...
The 70-story Landmark Tower, built in 1993, is Japan's second highest skyscraper at 296m, following Abano Harukasu in Osaka at 300m. On the 69th floor is the Sky Garden observatory where you can get views of Yokohama and Tokyo, and on cl...
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Kamakura's most symbolic sight is the Great Buddha bronze statue sitting 11.3m tall, second in height after the Great...
Kamakura's most symbolic sight is the Great Buddha bronze statue sitting 11.3m tall, second in height after the Great Buddha in Nara. The statue is very imposing with its head measuring 2.35m, eyes 1m and ears 1.9m, and weighing 120 tons...
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The Red Brick Warehouses are a pair of historic landmark buildings in the Minato Mirai district of Yokohama. This is ...
The Red Brick Warehouses are a pair of historic landmark buildings in the Minato Mirai district of Yokohama. This is a very popular date spot, particularly after dark when the red-brick walls are atmospherically lit up and there is a mar...
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Kamakura is a very popular destination with day trippers from Tokyo. You may find various hidden spots just by amblin...
Kamakura is a very popular destination with day trippers from Tokyo. You may find various hidden spots just by ambling around here in sea breeze. In Kamakura, you should not forget about the Enoden, a retro-looking train running along th...
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In this aquarium standing just besides the beach, you will feel attached to life in the sea around here. In the main ...
In this aquarium standing just besides the beach, you will feel attached to life in the sea around here. In the main huge tank, representing aquatic life in Sagami Bay, you can see 8,000 sardines circulating in swarms. The "Jerry Fantasy...
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Enoshima is a popular touristy island in the city of Fujisawa just off the coast connected by a sand spit and bridge....
Enoshima is a popular touristy island in the city of Fujisawa just off the coast connected by a sand spit and bridge. The 60m-high wooded hill in the western has a shrine to Benten, a goddess of good fortune, literature and music. The lo...
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Minato Mirai 21 is a shopping district on artificial islands that host shopping malls, amusement parks, red-brick bui...
Minato Mirai 21 is a shopping district on artificial islands that host shopping malls, amusement parks, red-brick buildings, convention halls, onsen facilities and the 296m-high Landmark Tower, which had been Japan's tallest building unt...
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Head north from Shinjuku Station's East Exit, you will reach the red-light Kabukicho district. Within an area of squa...
Head north from Shinjuku Station's East Exit, you will reach the red-light Kabukicho district. Within an area of square measuring 600 meters on each side, there are about 4000 establishments squeezed to cater to pleasure and entertainmen...
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This shrine in the south of Kyoto is famous for its thousands of vermilion torii gates straddling the mountain paths,...
This shrine in the south of Kyoto is famous for its thousands of vermilion torii gates straddling the mountain paths, forming mysterious tunnels 4km long in total. This is the headquarters shine for some 30,000 Inari shrines all over the...
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Furano is one of Japan's most inland town, famous for its lavender fields and skii resorts. A 20-year, long-run Japan...
Furano is one of Japan's most inland town, famous for its lavender fields and skii resorts. A 20-year, long-run Japanese TV drama series (Kita-no-kuni-kara) set in Furano has made this town in the middle of Hokkaido a very popular travel...
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Hakodate's crowning gem is the view of the harbor city at night from the top of Mr. Hakodate. Most believe that the v...
Hakodate's crowning gem is the view of the harbor city at night from the top of Mr. Hakodate. Most believe that the view is not only one of the top three night views in Japan (the other two being Kobe and Nagasaki) but one of the top thr...
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Goryokaku in Hakodate is a former Western-style fort built in 1866 in the form of a five-pointed star. Under the Kana...
Goryokaku in Hakodate is a former Western-style fort built in 1866 in the form of a five-pointed star. Under the Kanagawa Treaty of 1854, Hakodate was one of the first ports to open itself up to international trade, and this fort was des...
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Abounding in wild forests and free pools of hot spring, the Shiretoko Peninsula in far eastern Hokkaido is one of Jap...
Abounding in wild forests and free pools of hot spring, the Shiretoko Peninsula in far eastern Hokkaido is one of Japan's 100 Wild and Scenic Spots. The peninsula was designated as Shiretoko National Park in 1964 and declared a World Her...
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On the northwestern side of the Shiretoko Penisula, facing the Sea of Okhotsk, Utoro offers a variety of accommodatio...
On the northwestern side of the Shiretoko Penisula, facing the Sea of Okhotsk, Utoro offers a variety of accommodations with hot springs. Although the costal area looks like a lonesome fishing village, Utro is also the place to get abo...
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This tunnel for JR Line is well known among researcher of spiritual phenomenons. Since its construction in 1910s, a n...
This tunnel for JR Line is well known among researcher of spiritual phenomenons. Since its construction in 1910s, a number of strange incidents have been reported, including illness of people working at the nearby station. When a 1970 ea...
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The sprawling Osaka City can be viewed from the top of the Umeda Sky Building, a futuristic twin-tower complex locate...
The sprawling Osaka City can be viewed from the top of the Umeda Sky Building, a futuristic twin-tower complex located at the center of the Kita district of Osaka. Affectionately dubbed "Arc de Triomphe of Osaka", the 170 meter-high comp...
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This tour on an amphibious bus takes you 60 minutes on land and 30 minutes on water through central Osaka. The so-cal...
This tour on an amphibious bus takes you 60 minutes on land and 30 minutes on water through central Osaka. The so-called 'duck' tour, first of its kind in Japan, offers great views of the Midosuji street, Osaka Castle, Mint Bureau and Sa...
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The Osaka Museum of History is located just across the street from Osaka Castle. The exhibits spread over 4 floors at...
The Osaka Museum of History is located just across the street from Osaka Castle. The exhibits spread over 4 floors at the top of a 13-story building, and you can get excellent views of Osaka Caslte. Visitors first take the elevator to...
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This is a large public park built on the site of the 1970 World Exhibition in Osaka. Some facilities used in the expo...
This is a large public park built on the site of the 1970 World Exhibition in Osaka. Some facilities used in the expo still remain, including the Japanese Garden, the Japan Folk Crafts Museum, and the symbolic Tower of the Sun. The compo...
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If you are interested in culture, history and tradition in Japan, head over to Ueno. The main attraction in this area...
If you are interested in culture, history and tradition in Japan, head over to Ueno. The main attraction in this area is Ueno Park, which boasts the largest number of visitors. The country's first Western style park, this is home to larg...
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Spa World is a massive bathhouse complex with a multitude of pools on different European and Asian themes. The 4th...
Spa World is a massive bathhouse complex with a multitude of pools on different European and Asian themes. The 4th floor of European themes ranging from Roman, Mediterranean and Greek baths to Finnish saunas, Atlantis and cavernous co...
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This aquarium is where you can see a huge variety of marine life not found anywhere else. Churaumi means 'beautiful s...
This aquarium is where you can see a huge variety of marine life not found anywhere else. Churaumi means 'beautiful sea' in the local language and striking nature of Okinawa is spreading just before your eyes. The highlight is the massiv...
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This castle was originally built in 1583 for Toyotomi Hideyoshi as a symbol of unification of Japan and was the large...
This castle was originally built in 1583 for Toyotomi Hideyoshi as a symbol of unification of Japan and was the largest castle at the time. In the 1620s, the ruling Tokugawa family reconstructed the castle and added watch towers and ston...
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Tokyo's gay and lesbian venue is the Shinjuku 2-Chome (ni-chome) district. There are hundreds of establishments in a ...
Tokyo's gay and lesbian venue is the Shinjuku 2-Chome (ni-chome) district. There are hundreds of establishments in a compact enclave, including bars, dancing clubs, drag shows, karaoke, saunas and massage parlors catering to the gay mark...
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Himeji Castle is one of very few original castles in Japan that have survived wars, fires and earthquake without reco...
Himeji Castle is one of very few original castles in Japan that have survived wars, fires and earthquake without reconstruction. The architecture, built on a hill in early 17th century, comprises well preserved 83 buildings, including th...
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Chinatowns in Japan have long been "Big Three" in three port towns, i.e. Yokohama, Kobe and Nagasaki, which were open...
Chinatowns in Japan have long been "Big Three" in three port towns, i.e. Yokohama, Kobe and Nagasaki, which were opened to foreigners at the end of the Edo Period (around 1860). In the 1980s, however, a new Chinatown appeared in Tokyo w...
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A public park located at the eastern end of a vast area of four adjacent parks in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo. This park, sit...
A public park located at the eastern end of a vast area of four adjacent parks in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo. This park, situated along the Former Edo River (Kyu Edo-gawa), provides a baseball ground, a field for sports including soccer, a gate...
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Born in the city of Fukuoka, this ramen features pork-bone broth and ultra-thin noodles. The broth is rich and milky ...
Born in the city of Fukuoka, this ramen features pork-bone broth and ultra-thin noodles. The broth is rich and milky from gelatine melting out of long-simmered bones. The noodle are white and thin, and you can choose a various degrees of...
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The atmosphere here is otherworldly and could not be further from the adjacent youth-oriented Harajuku area. The shri...
The atmosphere here is otherworldly and could not be further from the adjacent youth-oriented Harajuku area. The shrine is an urban oasis that offers the comfortable ambience and feel, with the sense of cleanliness permeating around the ...
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The ever-evolving central Tokyo has some areas with flavors of old Japan, and the best example is Asakusa. The area...
The ever-evolving central Tokyo has some areas with flavors of old Japan, and the best example is Asakusa. The area's top attraction is Sensoji Temple with a history of 1400 years, the oldest Buddhist temple in Tokyo. At the entrance...
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Hikone Castle itself is very beautiful with surrounding forests, stone walls, and moats filled with water. Within the...
Hikone Castle itself is very beautiful with surrounding forests, stone walls, and moats filled with water. Within the castle compound, there is a famous Japanese garden called Genkyu-en, which has existed since around 1678. Genkyu-en Gar...
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Itadori River is one of the most beautiful river in Japan. This hot spa is located upstream of the river. It is said ...
Itadori River is one of the most beautiful river in Japan. This hot spa is located upstream of the river. It is said that if you dip yourself in hot spa here, your skin becomes very smooth and beautiful. If it snows, getting there becom...
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If you wonder into the Kabusugi Forest, you may think you are in the world created by Hayao Miyazaki. Everyone pays r...
If you wonder into the Kabusugi Forest, you may think you are in the world created by Hayao Miyazaki. Everyone pays respect to huge old Japanese cedar trees (Cryptomeria japonica). These trees were planted here several hundreds years ago...
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In Itadori Valley of Seki City, there is a pond without name but called "Monet's Pond". Monet is of course a famous F...
In Itadori Valley of Seki City, there is a pond without name but called "Monet's Pond". Monet is of course a famous French impressionist painter Claude Monet. Transparent water of this pond, white sand on the bottom, and many floating...
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It is selected as Japan's Top 100 waterfalls and also as the 100 Exquisite and Well-Conserved Waters. With a height t...
It is selected as Japan's Top 100 waterfalls and also as the 100 Exquisite and Well-Conserved Waters. With a height that reaches around 30 meters and a width of 4 meters, the water that falls on to the rocks creates a relaxing atmosphere...
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The Chiyobo-inari Shrine is familiarly known in the neighboring area of Nagoya. People gather from all over not just ...
The Chiyobo-inari Shrine is familiarly known in the neighboring area of Nagoya. People gather from all over not just to worship but also to visit the shops along the front approach to the shrine. Chiyobo-inari Shrine It is called ...
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Many tourists just say “I’d like to go to Toyota Museum!” However, there are several ‘Toyota Museums’ in and around N...
Many tourists just say “I’d like to go to Toyota Museum!” However, there are several ‘Toyota Museums’ in and around Nagoya. What many poeple actually referring may be the Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology. Not very f...
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Nabana no Sato is a large flower garden. There are always some flowers throughout the year. Winter illumination in th...
Nabana no Sato is a large flower garden. There are always some flowers throughout the year. Winter illumination in the evening is a must see, if you are staying in Nagoya. Nabana no Sato is easily accessible by bus from Nagoya.
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Hikone Castle, built in early 17th century, is one of the few castles in Japan that retains many of its original buil...
Hikone Castle, built in early 17th century, is one of the few castles in Japan that retains many of its original buildings. Although the interior of the Castle Keep is relatively small and the wooden steps are very steep, a magnificent v...
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Mount Aso is a huge caldera area, 25km across and over 100km in circumference, one of the largest in the world. In th...
Mount Aso is a huge caldera area, 25km across and over 100km in circumference, one of the largest in the world. In the center of this outer rim is an active volcano, Nakadake (1506m), which has erupted several times in recent years. This...
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Kikuchi Onsen is a relatively new hot spring discovered in 1954. The waters are colorless and slightly alkaline, beli...
Kikuchi Onsen is a relatively new hot spring discovered in 1954. The waters are colorless and slightly alkaline, believed to make your skin as smooth as maiden's with healing qualities for rheumatism, nerve and stomach conditions. With a...
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Ryogoku Kokugikan is a venue for tournaments of sumo wrestling, Japan's national sport. The stadium has over 10,000 s...
Ryogoku Kokugikan is a venue for tournaments of sumo wrestling, Japan's national sport. The stadium has over 10,000 seats and host three of six annual tournaments - in January, May and September. Doors open at 8am with minor league match...
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The Shirakawa-go area, located along a valley in the remote mountains, is best known for its farmhouses with steeply ...
The Shirakawa-go area, located along a valley in the remote mountains, is best known for its farmhouses with steeply slanted straw roofs. This architecture style, gassho-zukuri ('hand-clasped structure'), is so called because the shape ...
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