More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Hashikuraji is a mountain temple in the mountains that border Tokushima and Kagawa on Shikoku. It was the "inner temple" of Konp...

  While being temple number 4 on the Shikoku Fudo Myo Pilgrimage, Hashikura-ji is probably more well known for being temple 15 of the 20 &qu...

  Nagaheta is a village on the Kyuragi River in what is now Ochi Town in Karatsu, Saga. The village shrine is a Konpira Shrine, one of more ...

Iwami Hachimangu Iwami Hachimangu is the largest of a cluster of 4 shrines lined up at the base of the small mountain that used to have a ...

Enseiji Temple, located down a small side street in Hagi is an example of something that was once the norm but is now unusual, it is b...

The main shrine in Tamatsukuri is the Tamatsukuriyu Shrine. The three main kami are Kushiakarutami, Onamuchi (Okuninushi), & Sukunah...

Chikuya Shrine is a very ancient shrine near Iya in HigashiIzumo near the shore of the Nakaumi Lagoon. It is listed in the Izumo Fudoki ...