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ThePagodaofHoko-jiHoko-jiisaBuddhisttemplethatislocatedonthesacredmountainofNakui.ThetemplewasvisitedbyTokiyoriHōjō,thet…
Read OnThe Ja-O (King of Serpents) Red Pine
TheJa-OshrineisashrineinTakkothatisdedicatedtoadragondeitycalledJa-OGongen.Withinthegroundoftheshrineisagiantredpinetree…
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