More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

I have been to Mineji before and found it to be really interesting. Details about the t emple and its history can be found in this post ,...

There is archeological evidence that horses have been in Japan for thousands of years, however the earliest records of Japan by the Ch...

Hasedera, which may actually be called Chokokuji, like so many temples, burned down in 1607 and all its records were destroyed so the da...

The Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art was opened in 1989 on top of Hijiyama overlooking the city. The most noticeable feature is t...

Mishiro Jinja Mishiro Shrine is less than 1k from Yaguchi Shrine , and like it is also listed in the Izumo Fudoki and is a shikinaisha, a ...

With its distinctive hillside pagoda visible from miles away when approaching Hiwasa, Yakuoji is the last of the pilgrimage temples in...

Yaguchi Shrine has no particularly distinctive features, and yet is listed in both the Izumo Fudoki and Engi Shiki. Yaguchi means &qu...

The second installment of photos of fox statues taken on the Shikoku Pilgrimage. This first one is at the Yosakoi Inari Shrine in Koc...

Komyoji Komyoji, the seventh temple on the Izumo 33 Kannon Pilgrimage is on a mountaintop, Johirayama, overlooking the Ibi River in the Hi...

One of the most popular tourist sites in Hagi is the Shoin Shrine which enshrines Yoshida Shoin. Shoin was a local samurai who ...