More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  I begin day 20 in Tabuse and today's walk along the Chugoku Kannon Pilgrimage will take me into the countryside of southern Yamaguchi....

Honjo is a large village on the north shore of the Nakaumi and the main village shrine was a branch of Kumano Shrine. I think this was t...

On the sunday morning all signs of the previous night had disappeared and ceremonies were held. The first took place in front of a si...

Sokinoya Jinja Sokinoya Shrine is listed in the Engi Shiki so it is at least 1,000 years old. It's located at the base of the hills so...

Mikoshi are sacred palanquins or portable shrines used for transporting kami most often seen during matsuris when the kami are paraded...

The first shrine building to be built here was probably built around the latter part of the seventh Century. For a brief period the “ empero...