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    The Miho Museum is about and hour and a half south east of Kyoto if you go by train and bus. The bus  takes you through the city, along a river and out into the countryside. At the end of the line ... 
     

    ... you are a short distance from the museum's entrance pavilion. You walk from the pavilion to a simple tunnel entrance that leads into the hillside.
    In tunnel The curve of the tunnel and its lighting create a break from the world behind and lead you ... xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    ... out onto a bridge that becomes a circular courtyard ... 
    Entrace to the museum ... then a set of stairs to a structure that might be a modern  "tea house".
    There is one more experience as you enter the museum. 


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