More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  When I got off the ferry on the mainland, the rain had stopped, though it looked like drizzle back on Miyajima. A dull and overcast day an...

  Day 17 of my walk along the Chugoku Kannon Pilgrimage promised to be a wet one. It had rained most of the night, and the rain still contin...

  From Daisho-in Temple the views down onto Itsukushima Shrine and its iconic torii are quite impressive. Daisho-in administered  Itsukushim...

  This is the second part of my post on Daishoin Temple on Miyajima. The previous post is here. Not sure exactly who this is but I suspect i...