More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Late October is still a little early for the display of fall colors, the hillsides around my village are just beginning to show a little col...

The Tendai mountain temple near Tottori City, Manidera, has a wonderful Niomon and pair of Nio.   Anyone who follows this blog knows I ha...

Located on a hilltop adjacent to Oasahiko Shrine in Naruto, Tokushima, Maruyama Inari is a massha of that shrine. To get to it you pass the ...

Its been a while since I posted anything in this series so here are some views from near or on Mount Tairyuji in SE Shikoku. The first shows...

The design of Fukuokas manhole cover is modern and abstract. It is meant to convey the dynamism of Fukuoka. The design incorporates building...

This is what Meteor Plaza was built around, its the Mihonoseki meteorite, a 6.8 kilo piece of rock that smashed through a house in the nearb...

The second temple on the pilgrimage route is only a short walk from the first. Gokurakuji translates as Pure Land or Paradise temple and li...

We were up early and headed off into the Jebel Sahro, the high country between the mighty Atlas Mopuntains and the Sahara Desert. The way to...

October means matsuri, and matsuri means kagura!! usually by the middle of October I have been to half a dozen all-night matsuris, but this ...

Walking down Route 55 along the SE coast of Shikoku early one morning I disturbed a troop of monkeys in the trees along the roadside. I gues...