More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Ryuzenji Temple is located in an urban area of Itoshima, the area to the southwest of Fukuoka City that was very powerful politically in p...

  Waraji, traditional straw sandals, are left as offerings to s statue of Fudo Myoo at Kanniji Tem p le on the Sasaguri pilgrimage in Fukuok...

  Last post I showed you inside the cave below the main hall of Iwaya-ji Temple , the mountain temple that is number 45 on the Shikoku pilgr...

Kurikara, the sword of Fudo Myoo, is often represented with a dragon wrapped around it. Occasionally Fudo himself is given a dragon he...

The Okunoin on Mount Wakasugi is in a cave just below the summit. It is here that Kukai, later known as Kobo daishi, practised austeri...

More photos of Fudo Myo I encountered while walking around Shikoku on the 88 temple Pilgrimage. This one was by the roadside along the ...

Temple 13 has the same name as temple 4, Dainichiji. It is the first of the 88 temples located in Tokushima City. The main dei...

Konsenji Temple 3 Shikoku Pilgrimage The third temple on the pilgrimage route, only a few kilometers from the second, is in Itano Town and ...