Whereas most shrines in Japan are simple and understated in style, this building is an example of the lavish, very untraditional style of shrine building at Nikko.
A farm worker carrying several large buckets of night soil stands in front of a field. Construction workers, farmers, rickshaw-pullers, and others often wear a type of tabi called jika-tabi, like this farmer. Made of heavier, tougher material and…