More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  After leaving Itoga and its intriguing temple with a cinderella story, and also the oldest Inari shrine in all of Japan, I continue north ...

  Tokujoji, a Jodo sect temple on the Kiiji Route of the Kumano Kodo is commonly known as Chujohime Temple. Sometimes referred to as the Jap...

  Itoga, on the south bank of the Arita River in Wakayama was a stopping point on the most travelled of all the Kumano Kodo routes, the Kiij...

  After leaving Yuasa I continued north on the Kumano Kodo Kiiji Trail, first up river and then into the mountains. First stop was Sakagawa ...