More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  The Itsukushima Shrine in Koshigahama near Hagi is situated on the banks of Myojin Pond. The pond is tidal but also contains freshwater, s...

  Almost at the end of my 5th day walking around the Kunisaki Peninsula at the start of the Kyushu Fudo Myoo Pilgrimage, my last shrine of t...

  Just inland from the beach, and not far from the port in Hagi, is a small Sumiyoshi Shrine. It was established in 1655, though for three y...

  Mount Taima, 599 meters above sea level, is the highest mountain on the coast between Hamada and Misumi in Shimane. About halfway up the n...