More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Buddhist temples in Japan, like temples, shrines, and churches all over the world, are often repositories of a lot of art. Some temples ha...

Continuing with some photos of masks I found in shrines while walking along the Iwami coast this past spring. In a small shrine in a r...

While walking along the Shimane coast in the spring I stopped in at as many shrines as I could. One of the things I seek out at shrine...

Around 2:30am the kagura group took a break, something I have never seen before. I suspect that as the village has shrunk, so has the ...

On Sunday we went downriver to the Oihikonomikoto Shrine in Matsukawa Oda. They always have their matsuri on a Sunday during the daytime so...

I thought I would post a slightly longer video of Iwami kagura. A dance usually last 45 minutes, but for now I post the final sequence of Sh...