More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

It had taken me two days to walk across the Kunisaki Peninsula from west to east. For this third day my route would be south and then so...

The shrine, or rather shrines, at Udo Jingu are inside a cave in the cliff overlooking the sea. The main kami is named Ugayafukieazu, th...

425 meters above sea level, Mount Kannomine is the highest point on Osaki Kamijima Island in the Inland Sea off the coast of Hiroshima. ...

Udo Jingu is a major shrine in a stunning location on the coast of Nichinan in the south of Miyazaki. The original route to the shrine w...

On the second day of my walk from Honshu to Shikoku along the Shimanami Kaido I left Kosanji Temple and started walking down the west co...

Part of Aoshima Shrine near Miyazaki is a small museum with tableux displaying the cycle of myths set in Hyuga, the old name for what i...

Walking the road less traveled one finds a shrine less visited. Early on the morning of my third day walking the Iwami Kannon Pilgrimage...

Heading down the coast out of Miyazaki City on the 23rd day of my walk I came to Aoshima Shrine. The small island is now connected ...

Ema 絵馬 Votive plaques, called ema in Japanese, were originally paintings of horses given to shrines with prayers. Nowadays they are most...

Located just a stones throw from the main station in Miyazaki City is the Miyazaki Science Center, easily visible by the rocket standing...