More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

One of the pleasures of walking alone is the opportunities to encounter other creatures. On the second day of my Shikoku Pilgrimage I ...

There are literally thousands of ceramic votive phalli at Mara Kannon Shrine in Tawarayama, a small onsen town in the mountains of nor...

Sunrise from the roof of Hotel Ali on our last morning in Marrakesh. We had a few hours to wait for the van that was going to ...

Recently came across a new design on Gotsu City's draincover. It shares many elements with the earlier design, (seen here )  at th...

Rokko Island is an artificial island constructed in the bay off Kobe and after twenty years of construction was completed in 1992. ...

The twelfth temple, Shosanji, is the first mountain temple of the pilgrimage and the first classified as difficult to reach. It is at ...

This is the second half of a post on the Oeyama dance as performed at last years matsuri up in Kanzui, The first half can be found her...

A final look at some of the intriguing Nio to be found at shrines and temples on the Kunisaki Peninsula in northern Kyushu. This first...

I woke at first light and was already over the bridge onto Oshima when the sun came up. My route took me along the coast a little befo...

Ube Shrine is located a little south of Tottori City and was/is the Ichinomiya, first-ranked shrine, of the former Inaba province. In th...