More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Kurikara, the sword of Fudo Myoo, is often represented with a dragon wrapped around it. Occasionally Fudo himself is given a dragon he...

At the end of a very long first day of my walk over and around the Kunisaki Peninsula I stopped for the night on the banks of the reserv...

This Fudo Myo statue is about 10 to 11 meters high and is located at Nanzoin in Sasaguri, Fukuoka. Its the first temple on the ...

The Otomeza Theater in Mitarai on Osaki Shimojima is a fine example of a small provincial theater from early in the twentieth Century....

Nehanzo, reclining Buddhas, are the least common pose for statues of Buddha in Japan. At Nanzo-in temple in Sasaguri, Fukuoka, there is ...

I had never been to Colchester before, so was quite looking forward to visiting. It is often classified as the oldest town in England,...

The Okunoin on Mount Wakasugi is in a cave just below the summit. It is here that Kukai, later known as Kobo daishi, practised austeri...

Kubo Hachimangu is a fairly major shrine in Onomichi. Founded in the mid 9th Century, The enshrined kami, Hachiman, is composed o...

Located right on top of Mount Wakasugi at about 660 meters above sea level, the maps and many people call it Kitayama Shrine, but it i...

Mononobe Shrine, the Ichinomiya of Iwami, enshrines Umashimade no mikoto, the ancestor of the Mononobe. His grave lies on the hillside...