More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  The Kotohira Shrine on the hillside overlooking the southern part of Tokushima City was relocated to this spot in 1616 by Hachisuka Iemasa...

  The Tomita Hachiman Shrine is one of a cluster of shrines at the base of Mount Bizan not far from the bustling downtown of Tokushima City....

Chiburijima is the smallest of the four inhabited islands that make up the Oki Islands of the coast of Shimane. With only 600 residents ...

Kosenji Temple in Ebino, Miyazaki has a wide range of statues on display inside and out. Flanking the large Fudo MyoO statue were a pair...

The noise of my neighbours in the forest behind my house yesterday has prompted me to post some photos of some of them. earlier posts ha...

For a couple of months I have been enjoying the daily visit to my backyard by the local badger . A couple of weeks ago there was an ...