More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Ushitora Shrine is said to be the oldest shrine in Fukuyama. It is said to have been founded as Gozu Tenno Shrine in the early 12th centur...

  Heading up the Yato River from my home on day 7 of my walk along the Iwami Kannon Pilgrimage, I first walked through Kawado, and then the ...

  Tomonoura is an historic port on the coast near Fukuyama. In mid August I walked around the town before visiting the Historic Preservation...

  Adorning the roof of Haguro Shrine in Tamashima, Okayamama, is a ceramic Karasu Tengu, and it has become the symbol of the shrine and also...