More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  At 745 meters above sea level, Yokomineji, temple 60, is the highest of the pilgrimage temples in Ehime, and the second highest of all the...

  At the edge of Kawamoto on my way out of town is a small wayside shrine. It is a Tatara Shrine, tatara being the traditional type of forge...

  This incredibly beautiful wooden statue of a Thousand -armed Kannon is believed to date back to the early Heian Period. It can be seen in ...

  Tomonoura is an historic port on the coast near Fukuyama. In mid August I walked around the town before visiting the Historic Preservation...