More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Hashikuraji is a mountain temple in the mountains that border Tokushima and Kagawa on Shikoku. It was the "inner temple" of Konp...

  Coming down from Unzen Hot Springs towards Obama on the coast of Tachibana Bay, the road is steep and without any settlements until just a...

  Monjuin is a small temple to the south of Matsuyama City that is the 9th bangai, or bekkaku, temple on the famous Shikoku Pilgrimage known...

  In the grounds of Horakuji Temple is a huge, ancient kusunoki tree. Estimated to be about 800 years old, it is officially the second olde...

Yatsushiro Shrine Yatsushiro Shrine is the major shrine of Yatsushiro in Kumamoto and was established towards the end of the heian Period. ...

Kirishima Mask Museum The mask museum in Kirishima was called "Tengu-kan", and obviously there were a lot of masks of tengu o...