Tuesday, May 21, 2024

(3140) Nagano #53: To the left of the Hondo...

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...is the Nihon Chureiden (日本忠霊殿) pagoda that was built in 1970 to enshrine the spirits of Japan's 2.4 million dead from the 1868-1869 Boshin war (戊辰戦争) until WWII. 

(For a bigger version of this picture both in color and black and white, check my "Japan Arekore" set on Flickr).

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