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I don't know how many serious Christians exist here in America, but the Japanese, the younger generation is leaving the Buddhist religion mentality behind.

Hiroshi Sugimoto

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Hiroshi Sugimoto
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: February 23
Photographer
Tōkyō
Sugimoto Hiroshi
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