More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Ogori Hiyoshi Jinja Monkeys are the messengers of Hiyoshi shrines, so its not surprising that at the Ogori Hiyoshi Shrine in Ogori, Fukuoka,...

Deep in the forested mountains of the interior of Dogo, the largest of the Oki Islands, are Dangyo Shrine and its pair of waterfalls. Ju...

In the north of Nogata in the village called Ueki, I came across this small Hiyoshi Shrine, one of about 4,000 branch shrines of Hiyoshi Ta...

Sanja Shrine is right next door to Manpukuji and I came into the shrine from a trail that lead from the temple. Sanja means " Thre...

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 ...

Coming to the end of my fourth day on the Shikoku Pilgrimage, between temple 17 and 18 it began to rain so I took shelter in this lar...

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...