More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Shisho Shrine is located on the waters edge on the protected side of a headland in Imazu Bay. The komainu, lanterns etc all seem to be of ...

  According to legend, Empress Jingu stopped here to pray after coming down from Mount Raizan, so for the past hour or two I have been follo...

  This Sumiyoshi Shrine is close to the edge of the water in Haiki near Sasebo, Nagasaki. About 2 kilometers away, a bit inland, is another ...

  Walking up Route 206, the main road up the western side of Omura Bay in Nagasaki, in the town of Seihi there is a giant vermillion torii s...

Kora According to the shrine records, Kora Taisha was founded in 400 AD. Over the centuries it rose in rank and by the 10th century was a hi...

Mitarai, on Osaki Shimojima in the Inland Sea grew into a major seaport in the mid 17th Century. Initially it was a good spot for boat...

The large Torii along the road some distance before the shrine gives some indication of the importance of Taiso-gu locally. A l...