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Japan: Beng Mealea Temple and Miyazaki's Laputa

Saturday, July 11th, 2009 @ 03:29 UTC

by Scilla Alecci

Countries:: Japan, Cambodia
Topics:: Arts & Culture, Film, Travel
Languages:: Japanese

Karapaia shares some pictures of the ruins of Beng Mealea Temple, Cambodia, which, the blogger says, inspired the architecture of the floating island in the anime Laputa: Castle in the Sky (original title 天空の城ラピュタ, Tenku no Shiro Lapyuta), by Miyazaki.

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