Kinkaku-ji dusted with snow

Kinkaku-ji dusted with snow

OSAKA, Japan - The Kinkaku-ji, a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, western Japan, is lightly dusted with snow in this photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 26, 2011.

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