More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

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

  At Koizu fishing port I headed over to see what seafood was being dried in the baskets, only to discover it was nets. Koizu is, I think, t...

  Coming into Shiotsu Funamori Shrine is enclosed within high concrete walls to protect it from storms. Until Meiji it was called Hachioji D...

  By 6:30, the sun was already painting the western sky seen from my night's rest stop on the Uppurui Cape on the Shimane Peninsula. The...