More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Bukkokusan Temple Bukkokusan, temple number 41 on the Shodoshima Pilgrimage, is actually the okunoin of temple 40, Hoanji, and if you are ...

  Day 4 of my walk along the Shodoshima Pilgrimage started at temple 40, Hoanji. It is located in Kamo village, about halfway between Ikeda ...

  Kameyama Hachimangu shrine in Ikeda Port on Shodoshima is the town's main shrine and one of the major shrines on the island. I can fin...

  Coming into the outskirts of Ikeda on day three of my walk around Shodoshima I saw a curious stone structure up ahead. At first I thought ...

  The Mito Peninsula extends out to the south of Shodoshima Island towards Shikoku. In fact, the southern tip of the peninsula is, I believe...