More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  On a small side road leading to the small settlement that has grown up around the entrance to Akiyoshido, the biggest cave in Japan, is th...

  A little further along the road to Akiyoshidai after visiting the Hirohata Hachiman Shrine, yet another large hachiman shrine appeared. Iw...

  An hour or so after setting out from my hotel on my walk from Ine to Akiyoshidai I came across the first shrine of the day. Yet another Ha...

  While walking from Chofu to Mine I stopped in at a couple of shrines. The first a Hachimangu in the village of Hara. It is said to have be...