 Most viewed - Kashiwabara-juku 柏原宿 |
JR Kashiwabara Station on the Tokaido Line and Mt. Ibuki. Kashiwabara is about 15 min. from Maibara Station.232 views
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Yaito udon served by the Kashiwa restaurant inside Kashiwabara-juku History Museum in Maibara, Shiga. Yaito is moxa. The red dot (red ginger) is the burning flame.138 views
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Hotaru (firefly) udon served by the Kashiwa restaurant inside Kashiwabara-juku History Museum in Maibara, Shiga. Firefly made of eggplant with the light from an egg slice.120 views
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Yaito Matsuri sign96 views
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Kitabatake Tomoyuki-kyo Grave. Kitabatake Tomoyuki (1290-1332) was a high-ranking Imperial Court official during the late Kamakura Period. National Historic Site 北畠具行卿墓75 views
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Kitabatake Tomoyuki-kyo Grave 北畠具行卿墓 73 views
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Hiroshige's woodblock print of Imasu-juku next to Kashiwabara-juku shows the border between Imasu and Kashiwabara. There is an inn on the Imasu side (left, called Ryogokuya Inn) and Kashiwabara side (called Kameya Inn).72 views
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Prefectural boundary between Gifu (Imasu) and Shiga (Kashiwabara) is this narrow groove. The cross-border bedtime chatter in the old days gave this place the name Nemonogatari-no-Sato.71 views
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Tourist map in front of Kashiwabara Station. Most sights are within walking distance.70 views
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Nemonogatari-no-Sato is where the prefectural boundary between Gifu (Imasu) and Shiga is located. The inns are no longer here, but guests at both inns used to talk to each other across the border before sleeping.70 views
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Shiga side70 views
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Nemonogatari-no-Sato (Bedtime Story Town) momument. 寝物語の里70 views
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Inside Kashiwabara-juku's former Honjin in Tarui, Gifu. On the left is the Jodan-no-Ma where the daimyo lord stayed.69 views
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Inside Kashiwabara-juku's former Honjin in Tarui, Gifu.69 views
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Inside Kashiwabara-juku's former Honjin in Tarui, Gifu.69 views
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Hiroshige's Kashiwabara woodblock print in his Kisokaido series. It depicts Kameya, a shop selling mugwort from Mt. Ibuki used for moxa. Notice the Fukusuke statue on the right inside the shop.68 views
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Yaito Matsuri also features rickshaw rides.67 views
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Kashiwabara-juku layout in the old days. Kashiwabara-juku was Shiga's longest post town (shukuba-machi) extending to about 1.4 km. 柏原宿歴史館66 views
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Basho haiku monument66 views
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Kashiwabara-juku is the sixtieth station or post town (shukuba) of the sixty-nine stations on the Nakasendo Road. It is the first Nakasendo station in Shiga (following Imasu-juku in Gifu), and one of ten Nakasendo stations in Shiga.65 views
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Moxa made by Ibuki-do in Kashiwabara. 伊吹堂亀屋佐京商店65 views
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Free moxa cautery treatments at Ibuki-do during Yaito Matsuri, Kashiwabara-juku. You can hardly feel anything. 伊吹堂亀屋佐京商店65 views
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Gifu side.64 views
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Kami-shibai (picture card) story-telling.63 views
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Fukusuke statues at Kashiwabara-juku History Museum (2nd floor). Fukusuke (福助) is based on an actual person who was a shop clerk at the Kameya moxa shop. He had a large head and big ears and was honest, friendly, and a hard worker62 views
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All that remains of Ochaya Goten is this well.62 views
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Kashiwabara-juku sign.62 views
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Kashiwabara holds a summer festival on a weekend in late July called Yaito Matsuri. "Yaito" means mogusa or moxa cautery. 柏原宿やいとまつり61 views
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Yaito Matsuri at Kashiwabara-juku, Maibara.61 views
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This is the shop depicted in Hiroshige's print. Called Ibuki-do. It is the last surviving maker of moxa cautery in Kashiwabara. 伊吹堂亀屋佐京商店60 views
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Stage entertainment at Yaito Matsuri at night.60 views
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Main venue of Yaito Matsuri next to Ibuki-do, the moxa shop.60 views
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Terutehime-kasa Jizo is the smaller statue on the right. 照手姫笠地蔵60 views
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Approaching Ibuki-do on the left. A side entrance on the left opens to a private garden as seen in Hiroshige's print. 伊吹堂亀屋佐京商店59 views
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Kashiwabara-juku History Museum's mini theater shows a short movie about Kashiwabara-juku's history. The museum was a private residence built in 1917. The local government bought it and made this museum.59 views
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During the Yaito Matsuri, the Ibuki-do has an open house and sells their moxa. 伊吹堂亀屋佐京商店59 views
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All-girl rock band at Yaito Matsuri.58 views
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Kiyotaki in the background.58 views
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Stone lantern where the bulletin board was. Kashiwabara-juku was most famous for mogusa (moxa cautery) picked from Mt. Ibuki.57 views
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Kashiwabara-juku History Museum in a beautiful Japanese-style home with a garden and kura storehouse. Besides exhibits of local history, there is a restaurant and gift shop. 柏原宿歴史館57 views
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Yaito Matsuri stage entertainment by local kindergarteners.57 views
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Site of Ochaya Goten, a small palace built for shoguns to rest during the early Edo Period. Tokugawa Ieyasu, Hidetada, and Iemitsu all stayed here. 御茶屋御殿跡57 views
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Sign and stone marker indicating the site of the Ochaya Goten in Kashiwabara-juku.57 views
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Cherry blossoms and Amanogawa River famous for fireflies in June.57 views
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Mt. Ibuki as famed haiku poet Basho must have seen it.57 views
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Ibuki-do on the left. The current Fukusuke statue is the second one made by the 6th-generation shop owner Shichibei. The original statue was hand-carved on the order of 2nd-generation shop owner. 伊吹堂亀屋佐京商店56 views
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Yaito-juku faces Ibuki-do.56 views
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West end of Kashiwabara-juku in spring.56 views
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Way to Kitabatake Tomoyuki-kyo Grave 北畠具行卿墓56 views
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Kiyotaki Tokugen-in temple used to be Kashiwabara Castle. 清滝 徳源院56 views
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Large stone marker pointing the way to Kashiwabara and a neighboring village.56 views
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Signs pointing the way to sights in Kashiwabara.55 views
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Site of Kashiwabara-juku's Honjin, now a private home. Many of the homes have signs indicating where the typical shukuba buildings were. MAP55 views
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Site of a sake brewer.55 views
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Tokugen-in's garden. Admission 300 yen.55 views
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History and old map of Kashiwabara.54 views
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Kashiwabara-juku History Museum has more exhibits in the detached kura storehouse.54 views
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Road marker54 views
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Map of Kashiwabara-juku54 views
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Kashiwabara has been converting its buildings into a traditional look.54 views
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About Kashiwabara Ichirizuka distance marker.54 views
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About the West Guard Gate.54 views
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Kashiwabara-juku stone marker.54 views
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Directions54 views
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Path to Kitabatake Tomoyuki-kyo Grave54 views
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Kitabatake Tomoyuki-kyo Grave 北畠具行卿墓54 views
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Way to Tokugen-in temple in Kiyotaki during cherry blossom season in April.54 views
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Ibuki-do on the right. Fukusuke (福助) is based on an actual person who was a shop clerk at the Kameya moxa shop. He had a large head and big ears and was honest, friendly, and a hard worker.53 views
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Kashiwabara-juku History Museum also preserves this former Japanese-style home built in 1917.53 views
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Toward the west end of Kashiwabara is this site called Ochaya Goten, a small palace built for shoguns to rest. 御茶屋御殿跡53 views
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Ochaya Goten well.53 views
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West end of Kashiwabara-juku where there was a West Guard Gate.53 views
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Path to Kitabatake Tomoyuki-kyo Grave53 views
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The most famous is Kyogoku Takatsugi. This is his grave.53 views
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Jobodai-in temple belongs to the Tendai Buddhist Sect. It was founded in 815 by priest Saicho who built a shack here to lodge while on his way to eastern Japan. The temple's resident priests include many famous ones like Tenkai Daisojo.53 views
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Jobodai-in temple in its heyday around 1665, it had 64 affiliate temples (末寺) and 109 priests. Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieysau even donated land to the temple.53 views
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Former site of Kashiwabara's village hall. Now a medical clinic seen in the rear. The traditional-looking building on the left is a public toilet.52 views
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Kashiwabara has one long main street called Nakasendo.52 views
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Road marker52 views
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Former Kashiwabara Bank being renovated.52 views
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Tokugen-in is famous for two beautiful cherry blossoms trees. This one is a weeping cherry tree.52 views
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Tokugen-in main hall. 清滝 徳源院52 views
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Inside Tokugen-in's main hall. 52 views
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Tokugen-in is also famous for the graves of the Kyogoku Clan.52 views
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Jobodai-in temple's Hondo main hall. This temple served as lodging for the likes of Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Azai Nagamasa, and Kobayakawa Hideaki. 成菩提院52 views
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Site of Kashiwabara-juku's Waki-Honjin lodge. Now a post office and ordinary private home. Decorated for Yaito Matsuri.52 views
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About Ochaya Goten. 御茶屋御殿跡51 views
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Road markers are commonly found at intersections to tell travelers which way to go.51 views
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Cherry blossoms next to Kashiwabara Junior High School sports ground.51 views
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Haiku poem by Basho Matsuo about Mt. Ibuki.51 views
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Way to Kitabatake Tomoyuki-kyo Grave51 views
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Cross the train tracks to visit another temple.51 views
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Jobodai-in temple51 views
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Shirashozu. Note that this water has not been certified for safe drinking. 白清水51 views
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Kashiwabara-juku's Honjin in Tarui, Gifu. During the Meiji Period while still in Kashiwabara, the former Honjin was used as a primary school before it was moved to Tarui.51 views
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Former Kashiwabara Bank51 views
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Other Kyogoku Clan graves.50 views
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About Shirashozu. This might be the spring where Yamato Takeru healed himself after being poisoned by the evil god on Mt. Ibuki. 白清水50 views
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Kashiwabara-juku stone marker.50 views
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East end of Kashiwabara-juku.50 views
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Hiking path to Mt. Ryosen. Best not to hike alone.50 views
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Kashiwabara-juku's Honjin in Tarui, Gifu. The former Honjin served as the Nangu Shrine priest's residence.50 views
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The Honjin was where VIPs such as daimyo lodged.50 views
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Gate to Jobodai-in temple during open house when we could tour inside the temple.50 views
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Kashiwabara Bank opened in 1901 by local merchants. There were other branches nearby such as Omi-Nagaoka and Imasu. The bank merged with Shiga Bank and closed in 1943.49 views
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Jobodai-in temple's Bell tower49 views
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Water spring called Shirashozu. 白清水49 views
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Cross the train tracks here on the east end of Kashiwabara.49 views
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Gate to Jobodai-in temple founded by Saicho in 815. It later became a betsuin temple of Enryakuji temple. 成菩提院49 views
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Temple treasure tour is held in autumn in Maibara.49 views
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Steps to Jobodai-in temple's main hall in Kashiwabara-juku, Maibara, Shiga.49 views
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Priest of Jobodai-in temple who conducted tours inside the temple during the open house.49 views
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Terutehime-kasa Jizo48 views
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In Tarui in Gifu, the building which served as Kashiwabara's Honjin still exists.48 views
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Yaito udon served by the Kashiwa restaurant inside Kashiwabara-juku History Museum. The light green pile is tororo-kombu (seaweed shavings) shaped like moxa, topped with a red dot (ginger) as the burning flame.48 views
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Tokugen-in's other cherry tree.47 views
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Terutehime-kasa Jizo 照手姫笠地蔵47 views
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Entrance to Takekurabe Castle on a mountain. 長比47 views
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Former Kashiwabara Bank after being renovated. It is now a daytime elderly care center.47 views
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Former Kashiwabara Bank47 views
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Signboard for Kashiwabara-juku's Honjin. Says that Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi once stayed here.46 views
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Site of Kashiwabara-juku's Honjin lodge. Decorated for Yaito Matsuri. The original Honjin building became a primary school during the Meiji Period until it was moved to Tarui, Gifu to become the Nangu Shrine priest's residence.44 views
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Kashiwabara Ichirizuka distance marker or milestone used by travelers to gauge how far they have traveled. 20 views
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Kashiwabara Ichirizuka distance marker.20 views
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Kashiwabara-juku Ichirizuka distance marker.20 views
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Rice fields in autumn.20 views
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Rice field in autumn.20 views
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Kashiwabara Ichirizuka distance marker or milestone used by travelers to gauge how far they have traveled. This is a reconstruction in the approximate location.19 views
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Mt. Ryosen in the distance.19 views
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