More Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan

Izumo Taisha Day 8 of my walk along the Japan Sea Coast would start up on Cape Hinomisaki, where I ended day 7, but to get there I had to c...

  High on Mount Daisen was a major Shugendo site centred on Daisenji Temple. At its peak, it had a huge number of sub-temples and other stru...

  After finishing the second day of walking along the Sasaguri Pilgrimage, we headed back into Fukuoka for the night. Living in a very rural...

  One of the sub-temples of Daisenji, high up on the slopes of the sacred mountain Mount Daisen, is Enryu-in. Many temples have painted ceil...

  At the end of day 5 of my walk along the Kinki Fudo Myoo Pilgrimage, I watched a glorious sunset from my hotel room in Sanda, Hyogo. Nothi...

  Day 45 of my walk begins in Yonago, the main city of western Tottori. The next temple is high on Mount Daisen, the mountain that dominates...