The Dalai Lama attends consecration ceremony in Niihama

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama shakes hands with well-wishers as he visits the Hagyu Temple in Niihama, Ehime Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2009, to attend a consecration ceremony for Japan's first Tibetan-style ''chorten'' or stupa.

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