More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

I have been to Kiyomizudera several times, but this was the first time I approached through the old pilgrim trail through the mountains. T...

Towards the end of the first day of my walk along the Iwami 33 Kannon Pilgrimage I was close to the base of Mount Sanbe. It had taken ...

Chodai-ji, a Tendai temple, is close to the border with Tottori, and the most easterly of all the temples on the pilgrimage. "It...

Most of the photography I am doing nowadays is documentary in nature. I photograph the things I encounter on my walks around Japan. ...

Still within site of Nogi Shrine, yet another shrine with an ancient pedigree, being listed in both the Izumo Fudoki and the Engi Shiki....

There are about 200 types of dragonfly in Japan, each with its own name, and I have absolutely no idea which ones these photos are of,...

Sanematsu Hachimangu Within sight of Nogi Shrine is the local village shrine Sanematsu Hachimangu. While being a fairly common village shr...

On the ninth day of my walk along the Shikoku Pilgrimage, after leaving temple 22, Byodo-ji, I took the main road heading for the coas...

This Nogi Shrine has absolutely no link to the more famous Nogi Shrine in Tokyo. That one is a twentieth century creation enshrining the &...

Umi Hachimangu, like many shrines, is set within a grove of trees. The grove at Umi is called Kada's Forest, after the original na...