More Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan

  On the morning of the ninth day of my walk along the Saigoku Pilgrimage and the Kumano Kaido, I took a detour along a mini-pilgrimage to 3...

  A little farther up the lower slopes of Mount Daisen, I came to Okanari Shrine. When this area was being settled and developed, three shri...

  The next temple on the Shodoshima Pilgrimage was in the middle of an old part of Tonosho known as Meiro no Machi, which translates as Maze...

  Ogamiyama Shrine has a long and somewhat unusual history. It is mentioned in the Izumo Fudoki, and is listed in the Engi Shiki, and is the...