Landslide buries Kiyomizu temple's tea house

Landslide buries Kiyomizu temple's tea house

A landslide triggered by heavy rain crushes a teahouse (bottom right) at the Kiyomizudera temple in Kyoto on June 27. The teahouse owner and his wife were trapped but later rescued. Heavy rains hit the Kansai (western Japan) area on the day.

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  • 1999/6/27 00:00:00
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  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
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  • 1999 Kyodo News
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