More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Temple 70, Motoyamaji, was a very pleasant surprise. Large, with lots to see, but not overcrowded... The blue walls surrounding much of th...

  The honzon of Tada-ji temple in Hamada is an Eleven-faced Kannon, but it is a secret Buddha only visible once a year. However, there is a ...

  Daikoji, temple 67 on the Shikoku Pilgrimage, is located in a fairly out-of-the-way rural area at the bottom of the mountains, with no big...