Nara

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temple in Nara
hanging curtain
hanging curtain

A huge temple (notice the scale of the people entering and leaving).

 Banner hanging in opening of temple  
looking out of temple
550-ton Buddha
550-ton Buddha
On the inside looking out. This is a 550-TON Buddha. It was enormous. The 550-ton Buddha
gold sculpture
temple grounds
Another large sculpture near the 550-ton Buddha. The temple grounds

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school children posing for class picture
temples and pagoda
oldest known wood structure

Classes posed for group photos in front of the temple.

More temples and a Pagoda

The columns here contain some of the oldest known wood still standing in a structure.
rooftops
temple with water lily pond tile in front
closeup of water lily pond tile
Rooftops

A smaller building (temple?) with a tile pattern in front of it. The pattern represented a lily pond.
A close-up of the tile lily pond in front of a small temple.

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