More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  By mid-afternoon, after leaving Omori, I stopped in briefly at Mononobe Shrine, the ichinomiya of Iwami. The primary kami is Umashimaji, s...

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

  Matsubara is the small settlement below Hamada Castle on the mouth of the Hamada River. The shrine right below the castle and immediately ...

  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...

Tsuda Hachimangu is right next to the train station, Iwami Tsuda. It is known locally by its old name Mozukujima Hachimangu In earlier times...