More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  While walking from Chofu to Mine I stopped in at a couple of shrines. The first a Hachimangu in the village of Hara. It is said to have be...

  I passed through the grounds of Munakata Taisha on my way to the final temple on the Kyushu Pilgrimage. I entered through the rear entranc...

  Temple number 87 is yet another relatively modern temple. Its origins lie in 1953 when a monk, Zenkai, enshrined a Kannon statue here. Whi...

  Reikyu Shrine is located in Reikyu Park in the  Bentenmachi district of Shimabara City in Nagasaki. The park also contains a small Inari S...

Takami Jinja Came upon this rather imposing looking shrine while walking from Yahata to Kokura. Apparently when the fledling Japanese st...

This branch of Itsukushima Shrine is located in the fishing village of Matsubara in Hamada at the base of the hill upon which stood Hamada ...