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Japan: Improved

After much time and reassessing the design, I decided to fix the Japan Tile.

Firstly, I want to focus on a single cherry blossom, but not a stylized version, so I used the silhouette of a real flower. I then looked for some simple architecture. Remembering Itsukushima's famous tori (gate) I looked through my picture and online versions. I found a graphic I liked, but I had to add a little that was missing. I am happy with the end result:

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