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It was 6 AM and I was the only person at the temple.
Well, not exactly. There was a monk somewhere, because I could hear the soft sound of a broom against a stone floor. It seemed irregular and unhurried. I also heard a few birds in the pine trees nearby. There was the smell of something burning, incense maybe. But for all practical purposes, I was alone.
I had walked there from my hotel before the crowd would start coming in. The town of Kanazawa was still asleep. The streets were narrow. I passed a man arranging flowers outside a shop that wasn’t open yet. He didn’t look up, and I didn’t stop.
I reached the temple, found an unlocked gate, and went in.
I sat on a stone step and did nothing.
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