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This photograph captures the densely forested mountainside at one of the entrances to what is perhaps a secluded shrine. Two ornate lampposts flank the gate to the stairs leading up the hillside. The town of Nikko is the burial place of Tokugawa Iemitsu and the founder of the Tokugawa Dynasty (1600-1868), Tokugawa Ieyasu. The region is well known for its Japanese cedars, or Cryptomeria Japonica, which are ubiquitous in photographs of Nikko.</div>
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