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 A woman wearing traditional outfit looks at the yellow lit lanterns during the Mitama Matsuri festival at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo
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Japan

For centuries, the Land of the Rising Sun was a very closed society. Today, the economic powerhouse blends a distinctly Western lifestyle with ancient religion and traditions that go back thousands of years.

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