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Word: horyuji (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...person) as any on earth. Yet a few miles outside, Japan goes back centuries to a bygone world of tiny, meticulously tilled farms, tranquil lotus ponds and brilliantly colored shrines and temples. The finest temples are at Kyoto, Nara, where the 1,349-year-old Horyuji Temple is said to be the world's oldest wooden building, and at Nikko, where the brilliant Toshogu Shrine is set in a fairyland of rugged mountains, waterfalls and virgin forests. Tourists also like to drive along the Izu Peninsula, with its tiny fishing villages and bubbling hot springs, visit Hakone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: TRAVEL IN THE FAR EAST | 4/9/1956 | See Source »

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