More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Mishima Shrine is located in Takaokacho, Tosa, at the base of the hill on which Ohenro temple 35, Kiyotakiji is found. It shares space w...

  Floating Torii are the torii gates placed in water marking the approach to a shrine from the water. They are found in lakes and the sea an...

Towards the end of my first days walk across and around  Kunisaki  the valley narrowed and the road started to climb towards the middl...

I'm going against the grain of the title of my blog this time as this is MOST familiar japan. It is of course the floating torii in fron...

Setogashima is a tiny island in the harbor of Hamada. The Itsukushima shrine is the only shrine on the island. The three sisters enshrined h...

This branch of Itsukushima Shrine is located in the fishing village of Matsubara in Hamada at the base of the hill upon which stood Hamada ...