More Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan

  The Hamada River curves around the hill topped by the ruins of Hamada Castle before entering a narrow inlet with a narrow opening into the...

  After leaving the Hachimangu Shrine I pass by the small beach at Sufu before heading over a little rise and dropping into the wide curving...

  After leaving Yuminato I need to cross the Yusato River before I can continue u the coast. The first bridge is a little upstream and after...

Takuno to Nima Takuno is a small fishing port that I visited late on the third day of my walk along the Iwami Kannon Pilgrimage, my local Ka...

I suspect the fishing harbour at Watazu was busier in days gone by. It was big enough to have an ice-making facility, though it is possi...