More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Kongochoin is temple number 89 on the Shingon Kyushu Pilgrimage. It is not far from Temple 9, Myooin, just a little bit higher up Moun...

My previous posts of circular windows in Japan seem toi have been quite popular, so here are some more. This first one is in a garden fenc...

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 ...

The last post, for a while at least, on circular windows in Japan. These are in Milky Way Hall in Gotsu. This one is at the local aquarium, ...

Not much I can add to the title, except to give locations. This first one is from a farmhouse in the village of Yairoishi, up in the mountai...

Circular windows are not uniquely Japanese, but they do seem a little more common here traditionally. Kennin-Ji, the oldest Zen Temple in Ky...