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Caption: Japan 日本国
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Caption: The better you were able to imagine what you wanted to imagine, the farther you could flee from reality. Haruki Murakami
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Caption: Tokyo 東京
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Caption: With 38 million people living in the metropolitan area, Tokyo offers a irresistible mix of nightlife, shopping, culture and tradition. And still, you'll find quite places like temples, shrines, parks and cozy restaurants.
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Caption: Kyoto 京都
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Caption: Nara 奈良
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Caption: Mount Koya 高野山
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Caption: Okunoin cemetry (奥の院) On the old pilgrim route Cho-ishi-michi through the woods of Koya-san you pass the old graveyard with more than 200,000 graves - the largest in whole Japan. Okunoin is the site of the mausoleum of Kobo Daishi (also known as Kukai), the founder of Shingon Buddhism and one of the most revered persons in the religious history of Japan.
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Caption: Koya-san, the holy mountain, is one of the world's Buddhist centers in Japan.
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Caption: Miyajima
宮島 The Shrine Island
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Caption: (c) Tobias Danz
Japan, April 2015.