More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  After leaving the Hachimangu Shrine I pass by the small beach at Sufu before heading over a little rise and dropping into the wide curving...

  Not far from Shotokuji temple and Jorinji Temple is a Kasuga Shrine with great views over Sufu and the mouth of the Sufu River. There app...

  Depicting doves, rabbits, and monkeys, the ceramic roof ornaments at Toda Hachimangu are fairly unusual, though I have seen some on the ti...

  The Itsukushima Shrine in Koshigahama near Hagi is situated on the banks of Myojin Pond. The pond is tidal but also contains freshwater, s...