More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Day 4 of my walk along the Shodoshima Pilgrimage started at temple 40, Hoanji. It is located in Kamo village, about halfway between Ikeda ...

  Adorning the roof of Haguro Shrine in Tamashima, Okayamama, is a ceramic Karasu Tengu, and it has become the symbol of the shrine and also...

  When it was completed in 1998, the Akashi Kaikyo Suspension Bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the world, a title it held until 2...

  Yuga Shrine is unique in having a ceramic torii entrance gate made of local Bizen-ware. It is not the only ceramic torii in Japan. Down in...