More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Tokei Shrine Tanabe World Heritage Site Tokei Shrine is the main shrine of Tanabe, Wakayama, known as the gateway to the Kumano Kodo. In 201...

Past midnight and the inevitable Iwato was performed. It is one of my least favorite dances, but the last sequence after Amaterasu has...

I have finally got round to finishing some new masks. This one is of Benkei, the archetypal sohei (warrior monk) and famed sidekick of Yoshi...

Konsenji Temple 3 Shikoku Pilgrimage The third temple on the pilgrimage route, only a few kilometers from the second, is in Itano Town and ...

Gakuen-Ji is among the oldest buddhist temples in Japan. According to the story it is connected to Empress Suiko who ruled from 592CE to 628...