More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  After walking through the small settlement of Onbara on the bank of the Gonokawa River, I stop in at rhe local shrine. It's a Hachiman...

  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...