Great Buddha of Kamakura

Great Buddha of Kamakura

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2013 shows the Great Buddha of Kamakura, in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. An advisory panel to UNESCO rejected Japan's request to add a group of cultural assets in the ancient city of Kamakura to the World Heritage list due to scarce assets directly linked to the medieval shogunate.

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