More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Kubo Hachimangu is a fairly major shrine in Onomichi. Founded in the mid 9th Century, The enshrined kami, Hachiman, is composed o...

Saikoku-ji is a major temple complex in Onomichi, and along with Senko-ji and Jodo-ji it is one of the three temples that shouldn'...

Misode Tenmangu in Onomichi is built on the spot where Sugawara Michizane stopped and rested in 901 while on his way to exile in Kyush...

Senkoji is undoubtedly the most visited temple in Onomichi and is an icon of the city. Part of the Onomichi Temple Walk and temple num...

The Museum of Art in Onomichi, Hiroshima, is located on top of the mountain overlooking the town and the nearby islands. It was...

Mt. Senkoji is only 140 meters high, but it does go right down to the sea and is fairly steep, so the ropeway is a good way to get up....

After visiting Ushitora Shrine , it was still too early for the first cable car/ropeway  up the mountainside so I carried on exploring...

The next stop along the Onomichi Temple Walk is Ushitora Shrine, founded in the mid 9th Century and therefore believed to be the oldes...

The next temple on the Onomichi Temple Walk is Tenneiji Founded in the middle of the 14th century as a Rinzai temple, it is now...

The Onomichi Temple Walk also passes by some shrines as well as temples, and the first shrine just after Hodou-ji is Ikkyu Shrine. ...