More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Sunday night was matsuri downriver in Kawahira, a village I always enjoy visiting because of the friendliness and genrosity of the vil...

Walking back from the matsuri at Ichiyama we stopped in at the matsuri at Kaewado. We got there about 3am. The kenmai dance has...

For me, the month of October has to be "The Month Of Little Sleep". In our area the rice has been harvested and now it is ti...

Hasso Daishi I passed by this little temple as I was walking between Temple 14 and Temple 15 of the Shikoku Pilgrimage, and was stru...

A unique bird is featured on the manhole for Nankoku in Kochi, the Onaga Dori, or Long tailed Cock has the longest feathers in the wor...

The cavern of Akiyoshido has numerous features that have all been given evocative names.... this one is called 1,000 Rice Paddies.... ...

And so.... the daily grind of vacation rolls on..... up before the sun, but before the moon is down..... the gulls all sit and look to...

The Kobe Earthquake Museum is the short version of The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Memorial Museum which is part of the Disaster Re...

Situated in the suburbs of Tokushima, temple 16 of the Shikoku Pilgrimage, Kannonji, doesnt look at all interesting, though that may h...

Last weekend I went upriver to the Kawamoto Kagura Competition. While I believe that kagura is best appreciated in a shrine, kagura co...