More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Popular shrines will often have large numbers of objects left or donated by worshippers who either are praying for something, or giving th...

Frog Otera Nyoirinji, a venerable and ancient Buddhist temple in Ogori, Fukuoka, is known as Kaeru Dera, or Frog Temple. It has earned this ...

Kosenji Temple in Ebino, Miyazaki has a wide range of statues on display inside and out. Flanking the large Fudo MyoO statue were a pair...

The noise of my neighbours in the forest behind my house yesterday has prompted me to post some photos of some of them. earlier posts ha...

There were a lot of frogs at Shohoji, temple 93 on the Kyushu Pilgrimage. The word for "frog", kaeru, is the word for "...

One of the pleasures of walking alone is the opportunities to encounter other creatures. On the second day of my Shikoku Pilgrimage I ...

With the flooding of the paddies in late spring, there is an explosion of frogs . This has effects on other species in the vicinity, not the...

Starting in April, you can find frogs everywhere,...in the house, in the garden, on the roads. I first come across the frogs in early spring...

I found these 2 in the shallow pool of Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo. As I knelt down to take photos they swam over and literally poked th...