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Okayama: White Snakes on Display to Mark Year of the Snake

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The Yomiuri Shimbun

18:09 JST, January 14, 2025

MANIWA, Okayama — Kiyama Temple in Maniwa, Okayama Prefecture, has started exhibiting two white snakes in a cage of kumiko lattice made of Japanese cypress and other wood to mark the Year of the Snake in the Chinese zodiac.

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