More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Kumanohara Shrine is a small, but ancient shrine in what is now the Teramachi district of Karatsu in Saga. According to the shrine legend ...

  Located above  the Kawanaka Fudo Magaibutsu , Tennenji Temple and Misosogi Shrine are in essence the same place. They are fairly rudimenta...

Kirishima Mask Museum The mask museum in Kirishima was called "Tengu-kan", and obviously there were a lot of masks of tengu o...

I am intrigued by the eclectic collections of figures left at various kinds of "folk" altars around Japan. So here ar...

The popular form of Koshin worship is now associated with the famous three monkeys and also with Sarutahiko. Statues of monkeys are th...

Koshinsha is a site dedicated to the Koshin faith. Origiunally Chinese Taoist in essence it was introduced into japan from Korea in th...

Sokinoya Jinja Sokinoya Shrine is listed in the Engi Shiki so it is at least 1,000 years old. It's located at the base of the hills so...

Winter is the time I finally get to finish some of the masks I have been working on. This one is Sarutahiko. According to the Nation...

After the round of ceremonies at Nakano Omoto Matsuri it was time for more dancing and first up was some very young kids dancing Hachi...