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Miniature phoenix statue at Byodoin Temple

OSAKA, Japan - A miniature of a phoenix statue from Byodoin Temple's Phoenix Hall showing how the original statue is assumed to have looked is shown in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, on July 3, 2014. The miniature is about two-sevenths the size of the actual statue.

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Cormorant egg artificially hatched in Kyoto Pref.

KYOTO, Japan - Cormorant fishing master Mariko Sawaki voices pleasure in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, on June 30, 2014, following the successful hatching of a cormorant egg.

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Kyoto temple after renovation

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken April 2, 2014, shows World Heritage site Byodoin temple's Phoenix Hall in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, where a ceremony was held that day to mark the completion of the main part of the hall's restoration work. The hall, one of the finest examples of the aristocratic art and architecture of the latter part of the Heian period (794-1185), was opened to visitors the following day after one and a half years of renovation work.

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Kyoto temple after renovation

KYOTO, Japan - Photo shows visitors at World Heritage site Byodoin temple's Phoenix Hall in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, on April 3, 2014. The hall, one of the finest examples of the aristocratic art and architecture of the latter part of the Heian period (794-1185), was opened to visitors that day after one and a half years of renovation work.

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Kyoto temple after renovation

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken April 3, 2014, shows World Heritage site Byodoin temple's Phoenix Hall in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture. The hall, one of the finest examples of the aristocratic art and architecture of the latter part of the Heian period (794-1185), was opened to visitors that day after one and a half years of renovation work.

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Kyoto temple after renovation

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken April 3, 2014, shows World Heritage site Byodoin temple's Phoenix Hall in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture. The hall, one of the finest examples of the aristocratic art and architecture of the latter part of the Heian period (794-1185), was opened to visitors that day after one and a half years of renovation work.

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Kyoto temple after renovation

KYOTO, Japan - Photo shows tourists in front of World Heritage site Byodoin temple's Phoenix Hall in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, on April 3, 2014. The hall, one of the finest examples of the aristocratic art and architecture of the latter part of the Heian period (794-1185), was opened to visitors that day after one and a half years of renovation work.

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Phoenix Hall at Kyoto temple

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken March 18, 2014, shows World Heritage site Byodoin temple's Phoenix Hall under repair in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture. The building has been painted with a reddish brown pigment believed to have been used at the time it was built in the mid-11th century.

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Phoenix Hall at Kyoto temple

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken March 18, 2014, shows World Heritage site Byodoin temple's Phoenix Hall under repair in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture. The building has been painted with a reddish brown pigment believed to have been used at the time it was built in the mid-11th century.

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Buddhist service at Phoenix Hall

KYOTO, Japan - Buddhist monks take part in a service for the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan at the Phoenix Hall, a Japanese national treasure, at Byodoin temple in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, on June 21, 2011. Around 100 young monks from western Japan took part in the event.

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Kyoto's Byodoin Temple completes repair of Amidanyorai statue

KYOTO, Japan - A ceremony to mark the completion of repair work on Byodoin Temple's Amidanyorai statue, a national treasure dating back to the 11th century, is held at the temple in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, on Aug. 30. Repairs on the 2.8 meter-tall wooden statue were conducted for the first time in about 50 years.