More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Just a short walk past one small inlet after Takuno and I came into Isotake Port. Named after Isotakeru, one of the sons of Susano, the s...

  Kiyama Shrine is a large shrine on the lower slopes of a mountain to the south of Maniwa in Okayama. Above the shrine, at 430 m altitude i...

  Yasaka Shrine in Arita is almost certainly much older than the most popular shrine in the town, Tozan Shrine. According to the shrine'...

  Maruyama is the name of a small hill in the town of Awa Ikeda in what is now Miyoshi cIty, Tokushima, on Shikoku. Maruyama is a very commo...