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8 Culture Kanazawa Cultural Facilities Pass Peter Sidell restored feudal-era pharmacy reopened as a museum of merchant culture; the Kurando
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14 Culture Tamagawa Daishi Peter Sidell If you're out in the riverside Tokyo suburb of Futako-Tamagawa, ten
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Culture The First Emperor of Japan Gary Luscombe them around the tip of the Kii Peninsular and eventually landed in the Kumano... As they slept, the Sun Goddess appeared in a dream to a man named Kumano-no-Takakuraji