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Okunoin Cemetary, Japan

In Japan, near Kyoto, up Mount Koya, sits Okunoin Cemetary.

 

It's the home of a few hundred thousand stone statues... including some of the founding monks of various Buddhist sects, and a Japanese military general or two (e.g., Oda Nobunaga - denoted by the giant "rising sun" flag).

 

An hour and a half outside of Kyoto, it's well worth the trip to spend a day or two out here at one of the Buddhist monastaries.

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Uploaded on September 30, 2007
Taken on September 26, 2007