More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

The entrance to the Ehime Science Museum is through a perfectly conical atrium. From there steps lead down to an underground tu...

Tairyu-ji, which means Great Dragon Temple, is one of the few locations on the pilgrimage that can be historically verified as a locat...

Temple #3 of the Izumo 33 Kannon Pilgrimage is the Tendai mountain temple of Gakuenji, a place I have visited many times and still one ...

This is a second post on some of the rivers that must be crossed while walking the Shikoku Pilgrimage. The first post can be found her...

Daisho-in is a Rinzai Zen temple in the castle town of Hagi, Yamaguchi. A little off the regular tourist route in Hagi, the qui...

Standing on a hill overlooking the modern city of Naha on the Okinawan main island, Shuri castle is a World Heritage site and probably...

To the east of Usa Hachimangu, just outside the shrine grounds, is a hill with a torii at its base and overgrown steps leading up. ...

Shoto-en is a collection of historic buildings and gardens located in Sannose on Shimokamigari Island in the Inland Sea off Hiroshima....

The Onomichi Temple Walk also passes by some shrines as well as temples, and the first shrine just after Hodou-ji is Ikkyu Shrine. ...

After leaving Oda the route of the Iwami 33 Kannon Pilgrimage heads along the Sanbe River towards Mount Sanbe. Just below Sanbe Dam is...