JAPAN, Honshu, Wakayama, Mount Koyosan. Centre of the Shingon Buddhist sect established by the monk Kobo-daishi. Novice monks dressed in black and white robes filing through forest of giant Cryptomeria trees in snow to make monthly obeisance at the mausoleum of Kobo-daishi.
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JAPAN, Honshu, Wakayama, Mount Koyosan. Centre of the Shingon Buddhist sect established by the monk Kobo-daishi. Novice monks dressed in black and white robes filing through forest of giant Cryptomeria trees in snow to make monthly obeisance at the mausoleum of Kobo-daishi.

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Michael Macintyre eye ubiquitous / hutchison

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