More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Buddhist temples in Japan, like temples, shrines, and churches all over the world, are often repositories of a lot of art. Some temples ha...

Continuing with some photos of masks I found in shrines while walking along the Iwami coast this past spring. In a small shrine in a r...

While walking along the Shimane coast in the spring I stopped in at as many shrines as I could. One of the things I seek out at shrine...

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...

Around 2:30am the kagura group took a break, something I have never seen before. I suspect that as the village has shrunk, so has the ...

On Sunday we went downriver to the Oihikonomikoto Shrine in Matsukawa Oda. They always have their matsuri on a Sunday during the daytime so...

I thought I would post a slightly longer video of Iwami kagura. A dance usually last 45 minutes, but for now I post the final sequence of Sh...

After Ichiyama matsuri we stopped in at Kawado, the village just across the river from mine, for the last matsuri of the night. I've wat...