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OkayamaShrines & TemplesIts main hall and worship hall are National Treasures. What makes it famous is the corridor, about 360 metres of it, running along the ridge. A roofed walkway that undulates downhill with the lie of the land. That is architecture fitted to a site, not a design meant to be looked at.
OkayamaShrines & TemplesIt carries the legend of the subduing of Ura. That myth is held to be the original of the Momotaro tale.
OkayamaShrines & TemplesEven after the separation of Shinto and Buddhism it did not become a shrine, but kept enshrining Inari as a temple: a rare case. Its formal name is Myokyoji.
OkayamaShrines & TemplesIts five-storey pagoda stands in the farmland of the Kibiji. One of the defining views of Okayama.
OkayamaShrines & TemplesIn the Edo period it became customary to pair a visit here with one to Kotohiragu in Sanuki. It claims to be the head temple for warding off misfortune.
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OkayamaShrines & TemplesIt stands on Tsurugatayama, looking down on the Kurashiki Bikan district. A shrine tied to immigrants from the continent.
OkayamaShrines & TemplesFirst shrine of Mimasaka Province, with a main hall in its own nakayama-zukuri style.
An akebono wisteria over 300 years old. A prefectural Natural Monument.
OkayamaShrines & TemplesA dance said to derive from the Korean envoys is dedicated at the Ekijin shrine.
OkayamaShrines & TemplesA three-tiered stone structure. Called a pagoda by some and an altar by others, its purpose is still unsettled.
OkayamaShrines & TemplesThe tutelary shrine of the Tsuyama castle town. Its portable shrine is one of the three great mikoshi of Japan.
OkayamaShrines & TemplesA tale of subduing a monkey deity survives in the Konjaku Monogatari. It is also a guardian of cattle and horses.
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OkayamaShrines & TemplesIt claims to be one of the three great gongen of Japan. A great torii of Bizen ware stands here.