More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Tuesday 25th November 2014 and I begin day 22 of my walk along the Chugoku Kannon Pilgrimage with a visit to Jyoeiji Temple in Yamaguchi C...

Sho'okuji is a large Soto Zen temple in the castle town of Hiji on Beppu bay in Oita. It isnt one of the Kyushu Pilgrimage temples (...

For me, one of the great joys of walking these pilgrimages is not so much the temples themselves, rather the unexpected thibgs seen and ...

The promised rain arrived during the night and when I set off next morning it was a little showery, but luckily it soon stopped. My fi...

Hofuku-Ji is a rather nice and peaceful temple to the north of Soja in Okayama, a short diversion off of the Kibi Bike Path. Originally it w...

Sesshu & The Rat The artist and Zen monk who is known by the name of Sesshu is one of the greatest Japanese artists of all time. Bor...