More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Located out in the rice paddies in Yokote, a village about halfway between Mount Futago and the coast on the east side of the Kunisaki P...

Tsurue Shinmeigu is located on a small island in the north of Hagi, Yamaguchi. The channel seperating the island from the mainland is ...

Mishiro Jinja Mishiro Shrine is less than 1k from Yaguchi Shrine , and like it is also listed in the Izumo Fudoki and is a shikinaisha, a ...

The first shrine building to be built here was probably built around the latter part of the seventh Century. For a brief period the “ empero...

Hiyoshi Taisha, also known as the Hie shrines, lie at the foot of eastern slopes of Mount Hie, in Sakamoto , Shiga Prefecture. It is a large...

Well, this place is about as familiar as any in Japan, recognizable to anyone who has been to Kyoto, it is of course the entrance to Yasaka ...

The Otoshi Shrine in Inome, a fishing village on the coast directly north of Izumo Taisha, is unusual in that it has a double honden. Double...

The Otoshi Shrine in Hamada is built on a small rise overlooking the harbor. The shrine looks abandoned, but the usual stack of rakes and sh...

Tsunozu's Otoshi shrine is in the old part of the village where a maze of alleys and narrow roads and traditional houses are still maint...

Like so many shrines and temples, Otosho shrine in Miyoshi is at the top of a flight of steps. Otoshi, one of Susano's many sons, is a t...