More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  This Kumano Shrine is located on an 80 meter high hill on the south side of the river mouth that was home to Imazu Port, a port linked wit...

  Karatsu Shrine is the main shrine of the castle town of Karatsu on the coast of Saga in northern Kyushu. It was moved to its current site ...

  Maruyama is the name of a small hill in the town of Awa Ikeda in what is now Miyoshi cIty, Tokushima, on Shikoku. Maruyama is a very commo...

  For many pilgrims, I believe the main priority is to get from temple to temple. The temples are the focus. For me, however, the temples we...

  When I saw the shimenawa on the torii to Yodohime Shrine I knew it was unusual, but only when I did the research for this post did I reali...

  Takano Shrine is located on the Izumo Kaido to the west of Tsuyama City on the banks of the Yoshii River. It is the Ninomiya, the second-h...