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As the capital of Japan before Kyoto, Nara has several historic temples. This is said to be the world's largest bronze Buddha Vairocana, housed in the world's largest wooden building.

01-NOV-2013

This man was preparing the area at the base of the enormous Buddha.

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A boy on a school field trip found a way to lighten the historical load.

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A statue of the Bodhisattva of Wisdom and Mercy is located to one side of the Buddha

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Nara also has a number of gardens

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This is a bamboo window in a garden's tea house

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Some of the leaves were starting to change when we visited the former capital