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statue, Kokubun-ji Temple, Takayama
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pagoda, Kokubun-ji Temple, Takayama
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bell tower, Kokubun-ji Temple
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1200 year old gingko tree, Kokubun-ji Temple
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large floats (Yatai) in Takayama Festival Floats Museum
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kitchen, Kusukabe Heritage House
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beautiful lacquerware writing desk, Kusukabe Heritage House
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sculpture in middle of bridge, Takayama
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view from other side of bridge
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our room in the ryokan, Takayama
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another view of our room
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"praying hands" houses, Shirakawa-go (another World Heritage site)
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details of roof construction
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flowers, houses & hills, Shirakawa-go
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view of Shirakawa-go from ridge above town
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panorama from ridge above Shirakawa-go
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thatched-roof barn & fields
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school kids learning to harvest and thresh rice by hand
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carved panels above sliding shoji, large 'praying hands' house
