More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Sorry for the scarcity of posts recently. have been down in Shikoku on the henro trail. Normal service will resume shortly

A more than 15 meters tall torii marks the beginning of the 800 meter long approach road to Oasahiko Shrine. The road itself is lined with ...

Well, this is something you probably thought you would never see on this blog, and it is something that surprises me too. Cosplay! Last week...

Probably my favorite landscape views of Japan are from on high looking down on mist filled valleys. All these shots are from dawn a couple o...

Tojo Town is a small town in the mountains of NE Hiroshima Prefecture. Its draincover depicts maple leaves and the Taishaku River flowi...

This is one of the more bizarre buildings I have come across in rural japan, its the Kamo Culture Hall in the small town of Kamo, now part o...

Konsenji Temple 3 Shikoku Pilgrimage The third temple on the pilgrimage route, only a few kilometers from the second, is in Itano Town and ...

I was so excited to be back in the desert that I slept little so was able to climb to a high point to watch the sunrise.... Mother earth was...

For various reasons I only managed to get to one matsuri this Autumn, so I thought I would post on each dance in a little more detail. The s...

Just got back from a few days up on Hibayama, straddling the border between Shimane and Hiroshima. I started out at about 750 meters from Ku...