More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  My day 43 walk now heads along the north shore of Lake Shinji. The 7th largest lake in Japan, Shinjiko was originally the sea between the ...

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

  One interesting feature of Ichibata Yakushi Temple is the 84,000 Buddhas project.  Buddhism says that we have 84,000 mental impurities tha...

  I head inland from the coast of the Shimane Peninsula and reach Ichibata Yakushi Temple, number 26 on the pilgrimage. From the car park an...