More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Jinsenji Temple is located in Yuasa, the small town in Wakayama said to be where soy sauce was invented. Said to have been founded origina...

  After descending from Shichiga Pass I start to head down a narrow valley towards Yuasa and cannot fail to notice Tanga Daigongen. Built o...

Saturday, March 26th, 2016, and I continue north on day 7 of my walk along the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage which at this point still follows t...

  Located in Hidaka, a little north of Gobo, for 800 years this was known as Takaie Oji, but was renamed in early Meiji. It was one of the 1...

  As I walked into the outskirts of Gobo City in Wakayama I came across some abandoned railway tracks. A few minutes later I arrived at Nish...

  Wakanoura, which roughly could be translated as  Poetry Bay, is in the southern part of what is now Wakayama City. Where the Wada River an...