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The always crowded Kinkakuji (金閣寺) in north Kyoto (京都).

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The always crowded Kinkakuji (金閣寺) in north Kyoto (京都).

2012-04-30_NickInJapan_Kyoto007 on Flickr.

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MULTIPLES practicing their shrine-business at the always crowded Kinkakuji (金閣寺) in north Kyoto (京都).

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Kiomizudera (清水寺) in Higashiyamaku (東山区), East Kyoto (京都).

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Kiomizudera (清水寺) in Higashiyamaku (東山区), East Kyoto (京都).

Write a wish on a piece of rice paper and when it dissolves in this bucket into the etherial, it will no longer be of concern.

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The love stone at the top of Kiomizudera (清水寺) in Higashiyamaku (東山区), East Kyoto (京都). Walk with your eyes closed from one stone to the other and your love will certainly be true.

Interestingly, the “start” stone is at the top of some stairs so if you walk from the “end” stone to the start and you miss, you’re likely to fall down some steep stairs. Stupid junior highers being stupid decided that that was a better way to go. I personally saved 2 junior highers from such a fate.

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Kiomizudera (清水寺) in Higashiyamaku (東山区), East Kyoto (京都).

2012-04-30_NickInJapan_Kyoto029 on Flickr.

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Ginkakuji (銀閣寺), Kyoto (京都): more famous for its garden than its ji.

Constitution Day →

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Ginkakuji (銀閣寺), Kyoto (京都): more famous for its garden than its ji.