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“Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller”
- Ibn Battuta
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NewKey #22: Son of Heaven - Part 3, A Divine Tomb
However, the tomb associated with Nintoku, the legendary 16th Emperor, is by far the most famous of them - and that renown has everything to do with the tomb's size, as implied by its name.
Edward Porper
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Key #21: Son of Heaven - Part 2, Kyoto
Whether for sentimental reasons or for some less obvious practical ones, the Emperor ordered the palace and adjacent gardens completely renovated, refurbished and “invigorated” - and that's where the modern story of Kyoto Imperial Palace began.
Edward Porper
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Key #20: Son of Heaven - Part 1, Nara.
Not exactly a single building, and not exactly in Nara - “Palace Town” looks like a much better name for what's officially known as “Nara Imperial Palace”
Edward Porper