More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Seemingly floating in Esaki Bay, Saidoji Temple has a distinctive hexagonal hall. The origin dates back to the early part of the 15th Cent...

  Dogakuji Temple in Tokushima on Shikoku is the temple where Kobo Daishi studied as a young child. It is the 2nd of the 20 extra temples on...

  The gate at Dogaku-ji is quite unusual. Architecturally, it is, I believe, Chinese in style, but with a different style of roof that is no...

  Susa Bay and Esaki Bay are two inlets either side of Mount Takayama that protrudes out into the Japan Sea. There are no roads or trails th...