           National Geographic Photo of the Day: Snowy Shrine

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Near Hakuba, Japan, 1984 Photograph by George F. Mobley Sculpted by
heavy snow drifts, the Shinto shrine Togakushi, sits high in the Japan
Alps near the town of Hakuba. The shrine is located in Nagano
Prefecture, site of the 1998 Winter Olympics.

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