More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

So, the rainy season is officially over, but there are still showers and thunderstorms to contend with, so umbrellas are still ubiquit...

Freshwater turtles can be found all over Japan, in castle moats, shrine and temple ponds, lakes, irrigation ditches, etc etc I&...

The Tairyuji Ropeway in Tokushima goes from the small town of Naka on the Naka River up to Tairyuji, the 21st temple of the Shikoku Pi...

Hannya-in is the second temple on the Kyushu Pilgrimage I am walking. Its located in a hilly suburb of Fukuoka City. Like all 108 of...

Kanaya shrine is south of the river in Hagi and therefore a little off the main tourist track, but it was the premier shrine for the c...

Beppu in Oita styles itself "flower town" and is reflected in its choice of designs for manhole covers. A previous post can ...

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...