More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Shizuma Shrine is on a small road close to the coast in Shizuma near Oda in Shimane. In earlier times it was located inside a nearby sea c...

  Obama Shrine is the main shrine of the small, coastal hot spring resort of Obama on Tachibana Bay in Nagasaki. The current shrine building...

The main shrine in Tamatsukuri is the Tamatsukuriyu Shrine. The three main kami are Kushiakarutami, Onamuchi (Okuninushi), & Sukunah...

Iya Jinja Iya Shrine is a very ancient shrine, said by some sources to be the oldest shrine in Izumo. It is listed in the Izumo Fudoki, me...

Hashima ( or Hajima) Shrine is located on a small rounded hill among the rice paddies just outside Yasugi town center, just off Route 9....