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A morning in Kyoto

朝、京都の古い通りを歩きました。
静かな町に、五重の塔が見えます。

Yasaka-dori in Kyoto at first light: a stone-paved lane between wooden machiya houses, lit paper lanterns, and the five-storey Yasaka pagoda rising at the end of the street.
塔
tō
tower; pagoda — tap a word while reading to see its meaning, and save it to your vocabulary.

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