More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

 This small shrine goes overboard with marine-safety gods, has the most strangely looking Fudo Myoo, and proves that angry ghosts can be hor...

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

  Hashikuraji is a mountain temple in the mountains that border Tokushima and Kagawa on Shikoku. It was the "inner temple" of Konp...

  While being temple number 4 on the Shikoku Fudo Myo Pilgrimage, Hashikura-ji is probably more well known for being temple 15 of the 20 ...