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...

  After leaving Kushiro, the old San-in Do is a narrow, single-lane road that runs near the rail line and  comes into the back of Hashi comp...

  After crossing the Masuda River, my route is now up a trail that leads from a arge torii on the riverbank up to a shrine in the village up...

  Imimiya Shrine in Chofu is quite a large shrine with roots in the mythic past. According to the myth-legend, Emperor Chuai and his consort...