More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  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...

  The first shrine I stopped in at on my walk along the Sanyo-do in Yamaguchi was a Kumano Shrine in Ezaki. In the back of the grounds was a...

  The mist has long since all burned off as I drop down into the Shimaji River valley and come into the biggest settlement since leaving Kan...

  Many of the shrines scattered around the Kunisaki Peninsula are simply called Yama Shrine,.... Mountain Shrine. This Yama Shrine is about ...