More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Choshoji, temple number 33 of the 88 temple pilgrimage on Shodoshima is located on a hillside at the southern edge of Ikeda Town. Built on...

  After a couple of small, hermitage-type "temples", number 30, Shoboji, in the small coastal settlement of Yoshino on the Mito pe...

  Ryushoji, the 64th temple on the 108 temple Shingon Pilgrimage around Kyushu, is  located just off the main road that crosses over the Shi...

  Sunday January 5th 2014. Day 56 of my walk around  Kyushu on the Kyushu  Pilgrimage.  This will be the last day where I base myself in Ku...

Mudo-ji Temple The Fudo Myo statue at Mudoji Temple on the Western slope of the Kunisaki peninsula is calmer and much less fierce than most,...

  Not far from the previous temple, number 41 Ryukoji , Butsumokuji is also not so large. It has an impressive Niomon and a nice pair of Nio...