More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  After visiting the huge stump of what used to be a sacred tree I carried on upstream on the south/east bank of the Gonokawa River. So far...

  After leaving Kawamoto and passing the Higashi Ohashi Bridge , I headed upstream to the little settlement of Kirobara, and I was excited t...

  After leaving Kawanoto, heading upstream the river does an s-bend. Not far out of town and the Higashi Ohashi Bridge comes into view. It c...

  At the edge of Kawamoto on my way out of town is a small wayside shrine. It is a Tatara Shrine, tatara being the traditional type of forge...

  Kawamoto is the biggest town on the Gonokawa River since leaving Gotsu ate the mouth of the river about 35 kilometers downstream. The rive...