Snow-covered temple in Japan's Koyasan

Snow-covered temple in Japan's Koyasan

HASHIMOTO, Japan - A couple walk past a snow-covered temple in the Buddhist complex of Danjogaran in the Koyasan area of Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 16, 2009. The area was covered with snow for the first time this winter.

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