More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Winter is the time I finally get to finish some of the masks I have been working on. This one is Sarutahiko. According to the Nation...

According to the legend, when Kukais mother visited him at this temple she was not allowed past the gate as being female she was impur...

After passing by Izumo Taisha, the route of the Izumo 33 Kannon Pilgrimage heads up a steep and narrow mountain lane. About 1k up the r...

Back in November I went on a 5 day walk on the Kunisaki Peninsular down in Oita, Kyushu. I have been wanting to walk the old Kunisaki...

With the increasing popularity of tablet computers and dedicated ebook readers the range of reading material available at a lower cost...

On my last day in Essouira we got up before the sun and took a cab a few miles south to a small village and walked back along the beac...

2013 is the Year of the Snake so I thought I would post some pics of that most lucky of all snakes, the White Snake. Long associated w...

Statues of foxes, kitsune, are common throughout Japan, mostly as guardian messengers of the kami Inari, and as Inari shrines are the ...

Tucked away in the corner of the grounds of Kobo-ji temple in Hagi is a small Inari Shrine. The temple is named after Kobo Daishi...

I started my walk along the Aki Nada Islands by crossing the Akinada Bridge from near Nigata in Hiroshima over to Shimokamagari island...