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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.

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Bitchu Sojagu

総社市備中

It enshrines the 324 shrines of Bitchu Province together. The origin of the place name Soja.

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Goryu Sonryuin

倉敷市備中

One of the head temples of shugendo. A three-storey pagoda stands here.

岡山県 · Shrines & temples

Konoshima

笠岡市備中

A miniature pilgrimage circuit that goes round the island.

広島県 · Shrines & temples

Itsukushima Jinja

廿日市市安芸

This shrine stands out over the sea because the island itself is the deity. No earthworks may be cut into a god's island, so they built on the water. …

広島県 · Shrines & temples

Senjokaku

廿日市市安芸

A hall Hideyoshi ordered built, left unfinished for over four hundred years. It has neither ceiling nor walls.

広島県 · Shrines & temples

Myooin

福山市備後

Both the main hall and the five-storey pagoda are National Treasures. The pagoda is held to be the fifth oldest in Japan.

広島県 · Shrines & temples

Buttsuji

三原市備後

The head temple of the Buttsuji branch of Rinzai Zen. Also known for its autumn colour.

広島県 · Shrines & temples

Mitakidera

広島市安芸

A mountain temple with three waterfalls. Its tahoto pagoda was moved here from Wakayama to console the victims of the atomic bomb.

広島県 · Shrines & temples

Kibitsu Jinja (Bingo)

福山市備後

First shrine of Bingo Province. It enshrines the same Kibitsuhiko as the Kibitsu Jinja in Okayama, evidence of the old land of Kibi having been split …

広島県 · Shrines & temples

Otorii

廿日市市安芸

It is not sunk into the seabed: it stands by its own weight alone, made heavy with boxes of stones packed into its feet.

広島県 · Shrines & temples

Nobutai

廿日市市安芸

The only Noh stage still standing over water. Its floor is built to resonate.

広島県 · Shrines & temples

Senjokaku

廿日市市安芸

Hideyoshi ordered it built, and his death left it unfinished. It has neither ceiling nor walls.