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| dsc_0883.jpg Nara in the morning outside the hotel |
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dsc_0885.jpg Entrance to Kofukuji |
dsc_0886.jpg Nice tree at Kofukuji |
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| dsc_0887.jpg Kofukuji pagoda |
dsc_0888.jpg Park entrance |
dsc_0889.jpg First Nara deer of the morning |
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| dsc_0891.jpg Stone lanterns |
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dsc_0893.jpg More Nara deer |
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dsc_0897.jpg Special summit meeting on Spectral Energy Distributions |
dsc_0898.jpg Many deer |
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| dsc_0899.jpg Deer galore, under the trees |
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dsc_0902.jpg Ray Plante and Mireille Louys head for lunch |
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| dsc_0904.jpg The Madrid Mob |
dsc_0905.jpg Lunch! |
dsc_0906.jpg Omar and Olga |
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| dsc_0907.jpg Nice stream and bridge in the park |
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dsc_0910.jpg Near Todai-ji |
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| dsc_0911.jpg Pond at Todaiji |
dsc_0912.jpg Gate at Todaiji |
dsc_0913.jpg Gate |
dsc_0914.jpg Note the gate guardian |
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| dsc_0915.jpg Part of Todaiji |
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| dsc_0919.jpg Approaching the inner gate |
dsc_0920.jpg The great hall, Daibutsuden |
dsc_0921.jpg Daibutsuden |
dsc_0922.jpg Inner court looking back to gate |
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dsc_0924.jpg Great Buddha shrine |
dsc_0926.jpg Lotus petal carvings |
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| dsc_0927.jpg Giant Buddha |
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| dsc_0931.jpg Note the huge wooden structures |
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dsc_0938.jpg Looking out into the courtyard |
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| dsc_0943.jpg Back outside in the greater Todaiji complex |
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dsc_0945.jpg Bell tower at Todaiji |
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| dsc_0947.jpg Mother and daughter deer at the bell tower |
dsc_0948.jpg Heading uphill |
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| dsc_0951.jpg Temple further up the hill at Todaiji |
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dsc_0956.jpg View of Todaiji and Nara valley |
dsc_0957.jpg Upper shrine complex at Todaiji |
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dsc_0962.jpg Even further up the hill |
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dsc_0964.jpg OK time to go down now, I'm carrying a heavy laptop |
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dsc_0968.jpg Back near the main hall and run over by a rangale of deer |
dsc_0969.jpg Kofukuji complex: the pagoda |
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| dsc_0971.jpg Museum (treasure hall) at Kofukuji |
dsc_0972.jpg Hall at Kofukuji |
dsc_0973.jpg Reconstructing main hall |
dsc_0974.jpg Nice dragon fountain at Kofukuji |
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dsc_0977.jpg Smaller pagoda at Kofukuji |
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dsc_0980.jpg Back in downtown Nara at night |
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| dsc_0983.jpg Moon over Nara |
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dsc_0985.jpg Jupiter over Japan |
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| dsc_0987.jpg Home! |
