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Passing Kyoto with the Hikari (Shinkansen) train

I recorded some parts of Kyoto while on my way to Osaka. Nothing special really but thought it would be nice to record the little of Kyoto I could see from the train. Donno if everything in the video is of Kyoto but at least you can see some nice...

from YouTube on Sun, Aug 17 2008

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