Showing posts with label takahashi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label takahashi. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
More round windows
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 posts can be found here
This first one is from a tea room at Nagaoka Tenmangu Shrine.
This one is from a temple in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture.
From a restaurant on the approach to Hofukuji Temple in Soja, Okayama Prefecture.
A shop in Hirado Town on Hirado Island in Nagasaki Prefecture.
An abandoned building in Oda City, Iwami.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
The view from the highest castle in Japan
Getting up to Bitchu Matsuyama castle, Japan's highest, is not very easy. There is no public transport up the steep road, though you can drive or take a taxi three quarters of the way up, there is still a steep climb to the top. From the bottom allow a good hour to walk up.
The view down to Takahashi, about 1,000 feet below is worth the climb though.
Takahashi and its castle doesn't get a lot of visitors as its not on the Shinkansen, but its worth a visit.
As well as the castle there are a lot of Edo-period buildings in one section of town and a wonderful zen garden. Nearby is a wonderful Tadao Ando building housing a large art museum. There's lots of signs in English.
The rest of Takahashi is a a fairly typical "cookie cutter" Japanese town.
Its located on the JR Hakubi line which connect Okayama City with Yonago, Matsue and Izumo.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
The highest castle in Japan
Labels:
bitchu matsuyama,
castle,
okayama,
takahashi
Friday, January 22, 2010
What big ears you have!
Pairs of fox (kitsune) statues are common throughout Japan, as they are the guardians of Inari shrines. There is a massive diversity of styles and designs, and I have seen some pretty strange ones, but never any with ears like this!
They are at a small Inari shrine within the grounds of a temple in Takahashi, Okayama.
Friday, December 4, 2009
Round Windows: looking out.
Circular windows are not uniquely Japanese, but they do seem a little more common here traditionally.
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