More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Shizuma Shrine is on a small road close to the coast in Shizuma near Oda in Shimane. In earlier times it was located inside a nearby sea c...

  Soja shrines were often established close to government headquarters in ancient Japan as one of the governor's duties was to offer pra...

  Obama Shrine is the main shrine of the small, coastal hot spring resort of Obama on Tachibana Bay in Nagasaki. The current shrine building...

  Miyano Shrine in Asakura, Fukuoka, is located just a stone's throw from the site of the temporary palace of Empress Saimei who was her...

On the afternoon of my 20th day walking the Kyushu Pilgrimage  I passed under a large torii that straddled the road, and soon came into ...

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...

Just around the corner from the Sohachiman Shrine was the back entrance to a smaller shrine named Matsuo Shrine, a branch of the famous...

Around lunchtime on the first day of my walk along the Chugoku Pilgrimage I was approaching Shizutani and stopped in at Fuku Shrine. Lik...