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Description: Reikado Hall, atop Mount Misen on Miyajima, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima, Japan. Said to be spot where Kūkai (空海), known posthumously as Kōbō-Daishi (弘法大師), the founder of Shingon Buddhism, performed ascetic practices in the year 806 AD. The fire within this building is claimed to have burned without stop since that time.
Title: Reikado Hall - DSC01999
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