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Amazing Sunsets over Shiki

As the temprature climbs well into the thirties here, the last couple of days have seen the most amazing sunsets I have seen in a while, and the best I have seen in four years in Japan. The first pictures here where taken on Sunday (27/7) and the second... ...full story at Japanese Eye

from Japanese Eye on Tue, Jul 29 2008

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