More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Kurihara Bridge is the 13th bridge across the Gonokawa River from the rivermouth in Gotsu on the Sea of Japan. It is the seond of many tha...

  On the third day of my walk up the Gonokawa River towards its source, I have passed through the boundaries of Gotsu City and Kawamoto Town...

  After walking through the small settlement of Onbara on the bank of the Gonokawa River, I stop in at rhe local shrine. It's a Hachiman...

  After visiting the huge stump of what used to be a sacred tree I carried on upstream on the south/east bank of the Gonokawa River. So far...

  After leaving Kawamoto and passing the Higashi Ohashi Bridge , I headed upstream to the little settlement of Kirobara, and I was excited t...