More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Kotokuin Temple Day 55 of my walk along the longest pilgrimage route in Japan, the Kyushu 88, began where I had finished the day before at A...

  Tashima is a small farming hamlet  north of the river in the Chikugo River Plain. I passed through and stopped in at the local shrine whil...

Nanrinji Temple I reached Nanrinji, temple number 6 on the 108 temple Shingon pilgrimage around Kyushu, in the afternoon of my 54th day walk...

  Miyano Shrine in Asakura, Fukuoka, is located just a stone's throw from the site of the temporary palace of Empress Saimei who was her...

Oimatsu Shrine Oimatsu Shrine is close to the Waterwheels of Hishino, and seems to be a fairly typical village shrine. I've gotten pret...

  Down below Esohachimangu Shrine is the Yamada Weir, and immediately next to it is Mizu Shrine. Yamada Weir was started, by hand, in the m...

  Eso hachimangi lie on the north bank of the Chikugo River, in the southern art of Asakura in Fukuoka. It is said Eso Hachimangu was founde...

Japan Guide The three waterwheels at Hoshino, along with two further pairs of waterwheels nearby, were completed in 1790 to help irrigate th...