More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  The gate at Dogaku-ji is quite unusual. Architecturally, it is, I believe, Chinese in style, but with a different style of roof that is no...

 This small shrine goes overboard with marine-safety gods, has the most strangely looking Fudo Myoo, and proves that angry ghosts can be hor...

  This temple in the mountains north of downtown Kobe was a real revelation. The sign at the entrance to Tamonji Temple told me about someth...