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Hill of the Buddha
The Hill of the Buddha is a Buddhist shrine at Makomanai Takino Cemetery in Sapporo, Japan, designed by Japanese modernist architect Tadao Ando. The shrine features a 13.5 m (44 ft) tall statue of the Buddha encircled by an artificial hill rotunda planted with 150,000 lavender plants.
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