More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Misetaireiseki Shrine & the Myth of Empress Jingu Heading south from Rikitake I come to the most substantial shrine of the day that is...

Kokubunji Byakuraku Shrine Coming into Niima at the end of my third day walking along the Iwami Kannon Pilgrimage I stopped in at the local ...

On the 20th day of my walk around Kyushu I was attracted to splashes of color on a hillside. This was Tsunomaki Shrine, and the hillside...

Nibehime Jinja On the third day of my walk along the Iwami Kannon Pilgrimage I started the day at Shizuma with a visit to the main shrin...

Kurami Shrine is yet another small shrine with an ancient pedigree. It is listed in both the Izumo Fudoki and the Engi Shiki. Izumo has ...

Take Shrine, another small village shrine on the shore of Nakaumi, gives the appearance of being abandoned. The grounds have not been ke...

Manai Shrine is another of the 6 shrine pilgrimage around the Ou District of Izumo. It is also listed in both the Izumo Fudoki and the E...

Iya Jinja Iya Shrine is a very ancient shrine, said by some sources to be the oldest shrine in Izumo. It is listed in the Izumo Fudoki, me...

Still within site of Nogi Shrine, yet another shrine with an ancient pedigree, being listed in both the Izumo Fudoki and the Engi Shiki....

Kumano Taisha Kumano Taisha was the most important shrine in Izumo for centuries before Izumo Taisha supplanted it in the late Heian Perio...