More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

One of the delights of wandering the backwaters of Japan, for me at least, is stumbling upon huge pieces of modern architecture, often q...

A pair of huge trees flank the entrance to Asami Shrine in Beppu. I posted on the shrine many years ago. It is the main shrine fo...

Sekkeiji, the 33rd temple on the Shikoku pilgrimage was fairly unimpressive. That may be due to it being the end of a long day when I fi...

This is somewhat how I felt on the morning of my eleventh day of walking around Kyushu. After 2 days of miserable, grey, drizzly weather...

This was a very difficult place to find. Located in the middle of a dense grid of narrow streets, none of which were named. It didnt hel...

One of the things I am on the lookout for while I wander the back roads of rural Japan are fertility shrines. Many of them, like this on...

Sho'okuji is a large Soto Zen temple in the castle town of Hiji on Beppu bay in Oita. It isnt one of the Kyushu Pilgrimage temples (...

I havent posted much recently because I am on the road, walking around Shikoku on the Shikoku Fudo Myo Pilgrimage, and have limited time...

Coming towards the end of the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage known commonly as Ohenro and Fudo Myo continues to make appearances. The firs...

Rengeji, which means Lotus Temple, is number 24 on the Shingon Kyushu Pilgrimage and is located in the little coastal town of Hiji on th...