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AdashinoAdashino

Also known as: 化野

A place name in Saga, Ukyo Ward, known for Adashino Nenbutsu-ji. "Adashi" means "fleeting," evoking impermanence; with Toribeno and Rendaino, it was a burial ground from the Heian era onward.

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