Kyoto tower and roofs of Higashi Honganji Temple. Kyoto, Kinki (Kansai) Region. Japan

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Kyoto tower and roofs of Higashi Honganji Temple (of "Pure Land" Buddhism sect). Founded in 1602 on land donated by by Tokugawa Ieyasu (1st Shogun of Edo Period), and rebulit in 1895 after the original structures were lost through fire. Kyoto, Kinki (Kansai) Region. Japan

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