More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Down below Ichibata Yakushi Temple, and not far from Ichibataguchi Station, is Saka Shrine, sometimes called Matsuo Shrine. October 2nd, 2...

  From the fishing village of Shiotsu, the road rises steeply and then heads inland a little. I stop in at a small wayside shrine called Tak...

  Coming into Shiotsu Funamori Shrine is enclosed within high concrete walls to protect it from storms. Until Meiji it was called Hachioji D...

  Coming into Izumo along the Kando River after visiting Zenjoji Temple, I was struck by a vermilion gate and had to explore. It is Komyoji ...