More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Karube Shrine Karube Shrine near Soja in Okayama is known locally as Oppai Jinja, with oppai being a Japanese slang word, used largely by ch...

  Hofukuji Temple is an historic Zen temple in Soja, Okayama. It is most well known as being the temple where Sesshu trained as a child. Ses...

Photos of round windows have always been popular when I have posted them before, so here are some recent ones from my collection. 3 earlier ...

Part of the fascination for me in visiting shrines around Japan is to discover the differences and varieties. Architecture, layout, styles o...

Soja is a small town at the western edge of the Kibi Plain in southern Okayama. The local history museum is housed in the only remaining Mei...