More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

The third day was overcast and showery, but while taking shelter at the train station in Takahama in the late afternoon I was blessed wi...

Early on the second day I visited several temples along the base of Mount Atago in Nishi Maizuru. It was still foggy but color was to be...

Just got back from what has become an annual tradition of mine, a nice long walk looking for the autumn colors. This year was a 200 kilo...

Sunday, January 6th, 2013, was going to be a fine day weatherwise, though when I started walking it was still dark. I had recently spent...

Ocho, now known as Yutakamachiocho, is a small port on the NW coast of Osaki Shimojima in the Aki Nada chain of islands in the Seto In...

At various times in my life I have lived in places where I could view either the sunrise or sunset. For some years before moving to Japa...

It was late afternoon as I crossed over the bridge onto Innoshima Island on the first day of my walk along the Shimanami Kaido. I steppe...

Yasuura Shrine seems like it was a fairly major shrine in the past. Founded in 938 on the waterfront, aound the end of the 12tch Century...

The Masks at Nobusatohachimangu Shrine Towards the end of my second day walking the Iwami Kannon Pilgrimage I was coming into the outski...

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...