More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

The seventh kagura matsuri for us this month was at Kakushi in Gotsu. Being in a town there were lots of people there and lots of stalls. Th...

Kibitsuhiko Shrine is at one end of the Kibi Bike path near to Bizen Ichinomiya Station where bikes can be rented or dropped off if coming f...

There are a lot of blogs that focus on the variety of products in Japan that seem strange, unusual, or just plain weird, and I do not intend...

After watching a few dances up at the matsuri in Kanzui, it was time to head back to our own matsuri in Tanijyugo. The Kakko dance had just ...

Saturday was the matsuri in our own village, but first we headed up into the mountains to check out a matsuri we hadn't been to before a...

The distinctive roof of Kibitsu Shrine is visible from quite a distance as one approaches on the Kibi Bike Path. From a sub-shrine there is ...

On Wednesday night we headed to the Hachimangu shrine in Uyagawa, a village on the coast between Gotsu and Hamada. I'd never been to thy...

On Sunday we went downriver to the Oihikonomikoto Shrine in Matsukawa Oda. They always have their matsuri on a Sunday during the daytime so...

On the way back from the matsuri up in Yamanaka I stopped in at the matsuri at the Futonorito shrine in Kawado. Kirime was being performed. ...

October Means Matsuri, Matsuri Means Kagura. It's that time of the year again......... apologies to any of you who don't like kagura...