More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Fuse is a small fishing village on the East coast of Dogo, the largest of the Oki Islands in the Japan Sea off the coast of Shimane. I rea...

  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...

  Shisho Shrine is located on the waters edge on the protected side of a headland in Imazu Bay. The komainu, lanterns etc all seem to be of ...

On my way out of Yukuhashi, heading towards the coast, I stopped in at a small local shrine whose entrance beckoned me. Shrines are...