The sights            Houryuu-ji


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Mount Fuji (3,776 m high, which is the highest
mountain in Japan)

Fuji-san    

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Asakusa (in Tokyo)
Asakusa    

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the Imperial Palace (in Tokyo)
Koukyo    

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Kinkaku-ji (in Kyoto)
Kinkaku-ji    

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Kiyomizu-dera (in Kyoto)
Kiyomizu-dera    

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Todai-ji (in Nara)
Toudai-ji    

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Nara Park (in Nara)
Nara kouen    

kouen: park

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Niseko (a ski resort located in the Hirafu area of Hokkaido)
Niseko    

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Itsukushima Shrine (in Hiroshima)
Itsukushima-jinja    

jinja: shrine

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Atomic Bomb Dome (in Hiroshima)
Genbaku doumu    

doumu: dome

Kanji translation:
genbaku: atomic bomb


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Shirakawa-go (in Gifu)
Shirakawa-gou    

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Himeji Castle (in Hyogo)
Himeji-jou    

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Photo courtesy of M.Takeba