More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Koraiji is a village on the edge of the Itoshima Plain at the base of Mount Takaso. Oimatsu Shrine was ranked as a village shrine in Meiji...

  Kiyama Temple is located at more than 400 meters above sea level on a mountain in the northern part of Okayama prefecture. With a large to...

  Miyajitake Shrine in Sasebo is on a steep hillside in the downtown area. I can find no history of it, though at the entrance there is a cl...

  The Mountain Gate into Enmeiji Temple near Imabari in Ehime was relocated here from Imabari Castle when it was dismantled in early Meiji. ...