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They come by the busloads...
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Front gate
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Stone marker
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Foilage on the path
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Nice path with fall colors
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More path foilage
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It's all too beautiful
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Finally we see a building
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And more leaves
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Entering the path of little stone Jizo statues
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More Jizo statues
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1000 Jizo statues
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Tour bus parking halfway up the mountain
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Gate to main hall. Tendai Buddhist temple established in 741 and the middle temple in the Koto Sanzan Temple Trio.
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The main temple hall is a National Treasure housing an 11-faced Kannon statue and 13 other statues designated as Important Cultural Properties.
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Temple Hondo, a National Treasure
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Temple Hondo, a National Treasure
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Temple Hondo
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Temple Hondo
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3-story pagoda
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3-story pagoda, reconstructed in 1978
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3-story pagoda
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Yellow and red
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More yellow and red
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3-story pagoda
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3-story pagoda
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Inside 3-story pagoda
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Main temple roof drowning in fall leaves
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Beauitful leaves
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Temple bell
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Jizo
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Garden
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Garden
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"Blood-red" maples
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Garden
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Garden
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"Blood-red" maples
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Visit the next Koto Sanzan Temple at Saimyoji in Kora.
     
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