More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  After leaving Mononobe Shrine I head up the Shizuma River. Then I cut north and headed over the mountains to drop into the Sanbe River Val...

  Lake Kikugawa is the name given to the reservoir behind Kawakami Dam not far from Tokuyama on the south coast of Yamaguchi. The dam itself...

  The Narufuchi Dam is on the Narufuchi River that flows into the Tatara River running through Sasagura and down to Fukuoka City. It was com...

Early on the second day of my walk around the Kunisaki Peninsula I quickly pass the highest point, which I will be revisiting in a few d...

The second temple on the Iwami 33 Kannon pilgrimage (actually the first "extra" temple) is located on the mountainside above ...