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Kiyomizu-dera Pagoda UNESCO World Heritage site, Kyoto, Japan
country’s great natural beauty - mountains, rivers and rugged shrines, and castles. Every city and village in Japan seems to
coastlines. have a museum dedicated to local history, and in some, whole
Japan seems to have one foot in the past and one in an villages and neighborhoods preserved as they were centuries
ultra-modern present. It is one of the most technologically ago.
advanced nations in the world, but one that honors its past. There’s a sensory familiarity for visitors from America and
Juxtaposed with bullet trains and superhighways are monu- Europe, especially in Japan’s cities with modern buildings
ments to its colorful past including grand ancient temples, and busy streets. But, there’s an exotic difference that makes
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