More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Konjiji, temple number 12 on the Shikoku Fudo Myoo Pilgrimage, is a mountaintop temple with a strong Shugendo past. It is also the okunoin...

  Ryuzenji Temple is located in an urban area of Itoshima, the area to the southwest of Fukuoka City that was very powerful politically in p...

  Waraji, traditional straw sandals, are left as offerings to s statue of Fudo Myoo at Kanniji Tem p le on the Sasaguri pilgrimage in Fukuok...

  Last post I showed you inside the cave below the main hall of Iwaya-ji Temple , the mountain temple that is number 45 on the Shikoku pilgr...

Kurikara, the sword of Fudo Myoo, is often represented with a dragon wrapped around it. Occasionally Fudo himself is given a dragon he...

The Okunoin on Mount Wakasugi is in a cave just below the summit. It is here that Kukai, later known as Kobo daishi, practised austeri...