Hiraizumi 平泉町. Ancient capital of Japan during the 12th century, the ruins of this great place rcently became a UNESCO world heritage site. Photos taken in Chūson-ji (中尊寺) and Mōtsū-ji (毛越寺). I processed them in a way I immagine photos taken by the first foreign visitors to the place might have looked like. http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1277