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Toshi Yoshida ( Japanese, 1911 - 1995 ) - Autumn In Hakone (1954)

10 Cool Things I Found on the Internet This Week #22

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I hope these things cheer you up or make you smile. They certainly made my day better when I found them. Bulgaria's Kooky Kukeri Festival Each year, people across Bulgaria gather in Blagoevgrad to partake in the annual Kukeri Festival. Draped in elaborate costumes made from long goat hair, participants dance away the evil through…

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Travel: A curious history of Nara's holy deer

Travel: A curious history of Nara’s holy deer

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Nara has had sacred significance long into the ancient mists of time in Japan. Long before Tokyo and Kyoto became the capital of Japan, Nara reigned as the most important city in Japan, its capital from 710-784 AD, before this mantle was passed on to Kyoto. By decree of the emperor of Japan in 724AD,…

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