More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Perched on a narrow spit of high ground sandwiched between the railway line and a main road, the Imamiya Shrine in Hamada looks abandoned. H...

Bristling with towers and antennae, the 470m high Shimanohoshitakayama, hereafter known as Star Mountain, is visible from up and down the co...

At 1,126 meters in height, the seven peaks of Mount Sanbe make it the highest point in Iwami. There have been minor eruptions of this volca...

Some more pics of the local river, the Gonokawa. This bridge is about 30 kilometers upstream from my place. This is downstream, just a few k...

As the name suggests, Sanku shrine is actually 3 different shrines grouped together. Located on Rte 186 on the way out of Hamada, the shrine...

I was down in Hiroshima earlier this week and while I was wandering around Shukkeien, the well-known Japanese garden near the castle, I saw ...

This is the start of the path that goes up to the top of Isari Mountain, near Yasaka, south of Hamada. We were told there was a shrine on to...

Continuing my look at some interesting statistics concerning the prefecture I live in,... Shimane. This time just one statistic. Shimane ha...

Yakushi Nyorai is the Japanese name for the Buddha of Medicine & Healing. These statues, about 25cms tall, are at the Ichibata Yakushi T...