More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

I'm off wandering in Kyushu for a while so will not have chance to post for a while so I leave you with a floral interlude. ...

Japan has recently revised its target for reduction of carbon-emissions in its drive to reduce pollution and global warming. Th...

For a couple of months I have been enjoying the daily visit to my backyard by the local badger . A couple of weeks ago there was an ...

Walking out of the village of Naoe towards the train station there is yet another shrine. Iha Shrine is recorded in the Izumo Fudoki s...

After coming down from Tairyuji I stopped in at the local Ebisu Shrine. The villagers were cleaning up after the flood caused by the ...

After visiting Rendaiji, the sixth temple on the Izumo 33 Kannon pilgrimage I headed to the nearest train station in Naoe to head home,...

Coming down the hill after visiting Hanya-in, the second temple on the Kyushu 108 temple pilgrimage , I took shelter from the drizzle i...

  The Yukawa were a low ranking samurai family who lived along the Aiba Canal in Hagi. They were the keepers of the canal which is prob...

Rendai-ji, the sixth temple of the Izumo 33 Kannon Pilgrimage is located on a hilltop at 100 meters. The final approach is up 160 stone ...

Sokinoya Jinja Sokinoya Shrine is listed in the Engi Shiki so it is at least 1,000 years old. It's located at the base of the hills so...