Over 400 years ago, a temple in Kyoto suddenly became the site of a battle that would change Japanese history forever.
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Ninja and samurai duel inside the centuries-old “Temple of the Shogun” in Aichi Prefecture.
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Like the samurai lord who visited 400 years ago, we get beckoned to this suburban temple by its feline charm.
Ema supporting ongoing Hong Kong protests have been crossed out, snapped into pieces, and written over in Chinese.
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