More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  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...

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

  One of the unusual sights encountered on the remote Oki Islands off the north coast of Shimane, are horses and cattle roaming free. Japan ...

  Day 57 of my walk along the Kyushu pilgrimage was largely along the Nagasaki Kaido from saga City to Takeo Onsen. As usual, I tried to sto...

Saga Shrine & Matsubara Shrine With lines of people waiting for their first shrine visit of the year, hatsumode, 5 full days already int...