More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Temple 4 of the Izumo 33 Kannon Pilgrimage is Kannon-ji located in downtown Izumo City just off old Route 9. It is a Rinzai Zen temple...

Coming down the small hill on which lies Oh Shrine there is a second small shrine, Goh Shrine, which enshrines Wake no Kiyomaro, a go...

After leaving Gakuenji the trail heads up into the mountains. On the other side is Izumo where I have a hotel room waiting.... The fi...

Most evenings I hear the badger snuffling around just outside my house, so when I saw it yesterday afternoon I got out there with my ...

The Kamagari Bridge connects Shimokanagari Island with Kamagari (sometimes known as Kamikamagari) Island in the Akin Nada Island chain...

The next temple on the Onomichi Temple Walk is Tenneiji Founded in the middle of the 14th century as a Rinzai temple, it is now...

On Wednesday I came back one day earlier than planned from my Kyushu Pilgrimage because I found out that my friend Hiroki Okano and f...

The second temple on the Iwami 33 Kannon pilgrimage (actually the first "extra" temple) is located on the mountainside above ...

So, the rainy season is officially over, but there are still showers and thunderstorms to contend with, so umbrellas are still ubiquit...

Freshwater turtles can be found all over Japan, in castle moats, shrine and temple ponds, lakes, irrigation ditches, etc etc I...