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22nd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
Takaoka Daibutsu and Nio Gaurdian

Exploring Toyama Prefecture as an expat in Japan and I went to see the Takaoka Daibutsu one of the 3 large Buddhas of Japan only a 20 minutes car ride from where I am living.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 10.2024
Date Uploaded: 11.2024
Photo Location: Takaoka, Japan
Copyright: © Katherine Palmer