More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

 The Udono Sekibutsu are a set of almost 60 Buddhist relief carvings in the cliffs and caves near Ochi in Saga. In the medieval period there...

  A little over a kilometer further upstream from the main part of Kawagoe village and bridge is another sizable settlement. Called Watari o...

  Hokao Shrine is a small, local shrine on top of a rise next to the river at the southern end of the old town of Arita in Saga. It is built...

  Nishinomiya Ebisu Shrine is certainly the most popular and well-known shrine in the city of Nishinomiya in Hyogo. Nishinomiya means "...

  Togitsu Town is situated at the southern end of Omura Bay in Nagasaki, and lined up at the waters edge were these four Ebisu statues. My g...

  Ebie is a neighborhood on the bank of the Yodo River in Osaka, west of Umeda. Route 2 crosses the river here and this was the route I was ...