More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

My final stop at the end of my fifth day of walking around Kyushu was the Riverwalk complex right next to the castle. I'd been ...

Mitarai Tenmangu is located at the back of what used to be the main brothel area of Mitarai, and was popular with the working girls. ...

Kyushu Railway History Museum The Kyushu Railway History Museum is located right next to  Mojiko Station in Kitakyushu. Housed in t...

If you are cycling or walking the Shimanami Kaido, the road that connects Onomichi in Hiroshima with Imabari on Shikoku, then the first ...

At the end of my fifth day of walking along the Kyushu 108 Sacred Sites Pilgrimage I was in Kokura, somewhere I had visited several time...

Niigusohimenomikoto Shrine This shrine is on the main road not far from Mononobe Shrine and appears to be just a small local shrine, but...

Tokusenji, in Kokura, though a very small urban temple had quite a few statues. As you know I take a lot of photos of statues. I am...

Tokusenji is a small temple in a residential district of Kokura. Its not a very old temple, and as far as I can make out there is absolu...

Ema Postcards to the Gods Ema, small boards found hanging at many shrines and some temples are votive plaques, but someone, I think it w...

Located on a hillside along a narrow lane in the hills south of Kokura, Amida-In was a bit of a surprise. It was relocated here fro...