More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  An almost ten metre tall Fudo Myoo statue towers over Akashiji Temple and is clearly visible from a distance as you approach the temple. I...

  Daihoji, the 44th temple on the Sasaguri Pilgrimage is a Koyasan Shingon sect temple located just below Narufuchi Dam. It was previously k...

  The Narufuchi Dam is on the Narufuchi River that flows into the Tatara River running through Sasagura and down to Fukuoka City. It was com...

  Sasaguri is a small town in a narrow valley in the mountains NE of the major urban area of Hakata/Fukuoka City in northern Kyushu. It is h...

  Temple 70 on the Sasaguri pilgrimage is located in the valley above Narafuchi Dam. Just above the temple is Goto Falls which was not parti...

  Regular readers will easily recognize this as a statue of Fudo Myo, far and away the most numerous deity statue featured in my blog. All t...