"Pyramid stupa" in Nara, western Japan, opens to public permanently

"Pyramid stupa" in Nara, western Japan, opens to public permanently

Visitors look at a pyramid-shaped Buddhist stupa in Nara, western Japan, on Sept. 16, 2015. The 10-meter-high stupa, which is believed to have been built by a monk at Todai-ji temple in Nara in 767, became open to the public permanently in August. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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