Okayama-jō is also referred to as U-jō, or Crow Castle, for its black wood siding, in Okayama, Japan.
Five-story pagoda, Soja, Japan
The five-story pagoda of the Bitchū Kokubun-ji rises up in the distance along the Kibi Plain bicycle road in Soja, Japan.
Canal boat and carp, Kurashiki, Japan
A boat and carp in the canal that runs through the Bikan district of Kurashiki, Japan.
Bikan storefront, Kurashiki, Japan
A storefront along the canal in the Bikan district of Kurashiki, Japan.
Wrapped tree trunk, Kurashiki, Japan
A tree with its trunk wrapped, along the canal in the Bikan district of Kurashiki, Japan.
Blue tile wall, Kurashiki, Japan
A building with blue tiles adorning its wall at the Achi Shrine in Kurashiki, Japan.
Bicycle parking, Nishinomiya, Japan
Bicycles parked outside the train station in Nishinomiya, Japan.
Earthquake museum, Kōbe, Japan
The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Memorial Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution is dedicated to the 1995 earthquake in Kōbe, Japan.
Shrine windows, Kōbe, Japan
A pair of windows on the rear wall of Ikuta-jinja, in Kōbe, Japan.
Shinto ceremony, Kōbe, Japan
A Shinto priest performs a ceremony at Ikuta-jinja in Kōbe, Japan.
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