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Hiraizumi Chuson-ji Temple was selected as a World Cultural Heritage site (photo taken in May 2011).
May 26, 2011, Hiraizumi, Japan - A group of school children on an excursion visits the wooden warehouse of Buddhist scriptures of Chusonji, a Buddhist temple in Hiraizumi, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, on Thursday, May 26, 2011. The historic Hiraizumi area, best symbolized by Chusonji and its Golden Hall, features a cluster of temples and ruins, left by the Oshu Fujiwara clan that ruled the much of the northern Japan from the 11th to the 12th centuries. Hiraizumi is expected to be formally listed as a World Heritage site in June when the World Heritage Committee meets in Paris. (Photo by Kaku Kurita/AFLO) [3618] -mis-
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