More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Entsuji, the 11th temple on the Izumo 33 Kannon pilgrimage, like the previous temple,   Zenjoji ,  was also a mountaintop temple with gr...

Lines of red torii placed so close together they form a tunnel are a common sight throughout Japan. The most famous and most photograp...

The Japanese Cormorant, Phalacrocorax capillatus,  known as Umui in Japanese, is also known as Temmincks Cormorant. It can be f...

On the afternoon of Sunday, May 13th, 2012, I was on the 4th day of my Izumo 33 Kannon Pilgrimage heading towards temple number 11, Ents...

On the afternoon of Sunday, September 4th, 2011, the eighth day of my Shikoku Pilgrimage,  I walked the main road west from Temple 21,...

Zenjoji is both the 10th temple of the Izumo 33 Kannon pilgrimage and the twenty fourth temple of the Chugoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage. It i...

Chiroku Shrine In the Fukuoka area there are quite a few Chiroku (or sometimes Jiroku) shrines. This one is in Ijiri to the south of Hakat...

After leaving Mine-ji I passed through the town of Mitoya on my way upriver to the next pilgrimage temple, Zenjoji, and stopped in at what...

The Shokasonjuku is located in the grounds of the Shoin Shrine in Hagi, Yamaguchi, and is where Yoshida Shoin taught many of the futur...

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 ,...