More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Saga Toriimoto is a small district at the very edge of Kyoto, up a narrow road leading to the mountain Atago Shrine. It is one of the hist...

  After coming down from Gakuenji Temple I reach the north coast of the Shimane Peninsula at Uppurui Bay. My way is around the bay to the mo...

  Fuse is a small fishing village on the East coast of Dogo, the largest of the Oki Islands in the Japan Sea off the coast of Shimane. I rea...

  Gakuenji has always been one of my favourite temples. Located in fairly remote mountains, it takes some effort to visit. Unfortunately, ev...