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While traveling through Japan in one of Kyoto's Temples and old monk was carefully writing an ancient japanese script. I felt this picture captured the serenity of the temple and the ancient history o

While traveling through Japan in one of Kyoto's Temples and old monk was carefully writing an ancient japanese script. I felt this picture captured the serenity of the temple and the ancient history of the its surroundings.

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Date Taken: 11.2010
Date Uploaded: 08.2011
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Camera: NIKON D90
Copyright: © Maria Sakaria