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岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Kibitsu Jinja

岡山市備前

Its 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…

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Kibitsuhiko Jinja

岡山市備前

It carries the legend of the subduing of Ura. That myth is held to be the original of the Momotaro tale.

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Saijo Inari

岡山市備前

Even 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 My…

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Bicchu Kokubunji

総社市備中

Its five-storey pagoda stands in the farmland of the Kibiji. One of the defining views of Okayama.

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Yuga Jinja Hongu

倉敷市備中

In 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 misfortun…

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Sogenji

岡山市備前

The funerary temple of the Ikeda, lords of the Okayama domain. It is also known as a Zen hall that takes in practitioners from abroad.

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Kairo

岡山市備前

About 400 metres in all, running in waves along the contours of the ground.

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Bitchu Kokubunji

総社市備中

A five-storey pagoda standing in farmland. The emblem of the Kibiji.

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Achi Jinja

倉敷市備中

It stands on Tsurugatayama, looking down on the Kurashiki Bikan district. A shrine tied to immigrants from the continent.

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Hofukuji

総社市備中

The temple where the boy Sesshu, tied to a pillar, is said to have drawn a mouse with his tears.

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Nakayama Jinja

津山市美作

First shrine of Mimasaka Province, with a main hall in its own nakayama-zukuri style.

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Achi no Fuji

倉敷市備中

An akebono wisteria over 300 years old. A prefectural Natural Monument.

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Rendaiji

倉敷市備中

The temple on Yugasan, known for warding off misfortune. Pairing it with Sanuki Kotohiragu was popular in the Edo period.

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Ryofukuji

岡山市備前

An old temple in the city of Okayama.

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Ojigadake

玉野市備前

A granite peak looking out over the Inland Sea. It was a place of shugendo practice.

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Karako Odori

瀬戸内市備前

A dance said to derive from the Korean envoys is dedicated at the Ekijin shrine.

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Kumayama Iseki

赤磐市備前

A three-tiered stone structure. Called a pagoda by some and an altar by others, its purpose is still unsettled.

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Tokumori Jinja

津山市美作

The tutelary shrine of the Tsuyama castle town. Its portable shrine is one of the three great mikoshi of Japan.

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Hongenji

津山市美作

The funerary temple of Mori Tadamasa. Its main hall and mausoleum are Important Cultural Properties.

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Nakayama Jinja

津山市美作

A tale of subduing a monkey deity survives in the Konjaku Monogatari. It is also a guardian of cattle and horses.

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Raikyuji

高梁市備中

Its dry landscape garden by Kobori Enshu is a Place of Scenic Beauty. Great clipped masses of satsuki azalea stand for waves.

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Hattoji

備前市備前

It once held eighty lodgings. Today a village of thatched houses remains.

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Wakasugi

西粟倉村美作

A beech forest at the foot of Mount Hyono. The faith in the headwaters survives here.

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Yuga Jinja

倉敷市備中

It claims to be one of the three great gongen of Japan. A great torii of Bizen ware stands here.