More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  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...

  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...