More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

After crossing the rivers on my way to the coast from Yukuhashi I spied this line of statues leading up the hillside. The sign said...

Paper lanterns are ubiquitous in Japan with white or red being the most common colors. Small red lanterns hanging outside an establishme...

Friday September 23rd, 2011, the tenth day of my walk along the Shikoku Pilgrimage and I was still in Tokushima. By 8:30 I had fini...

On my way out of Yukuhashi, heading towards the coast, I stopped in at a small local shrine whose entrance beckoned me. Shrines are...

Hagi Castle Within the grounds of the Hagi Castle ruins there are not many buildings. A small storehouse, a fairly modern shrine, but th...

Shohachimangu is a very popular shrine located right in the middle of downtown Yukuhashi. When I visited all the lanterns and banne...

An unusual subject, one would think, for manhole designs in Japan is cows and bulls. This first one is from the highlands of the Chugoku...

Oharahachiman is located not far from the Obasenishikodai-mae train station in Kanda, near Kokura, Kitakyushu. Where this first torii no...

The Kyushu National Museum is located in the ancient western capital of Dazaifu in Fukuoka. It's built on a hill overlooking Da...

I took an early train from Kokura back to Kanda to begin the days leg of my walk around Kyushu. Today would be a tad over 30 kilometers ...