More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

On Friday 16th December, 2016 I began my walk along the Shikoku 36 temple Fudo Myo-o pilgrimage. At times the route is the same as the 8...

By late afternoon I was approaching the outskirts of Mie, the town that is now the administrative center of Bungo Ono City. Kenryuji Tem...

While the coastline on the evening cruise was impressive, the trip was times to coincide with sunset at Candle Rock. Rising about 2...

On the afternoon of the second day of my walk around the island of Dogo I headed west from the museum and fairly quickly reached my hote...

From the narrow road along the riverside a sign pointed up a steep road to a cliff carved statue. It was only 400 meters so I took the d...

After the Orochi arrives they then do a series of synchronized movement. Audiences here kn0w very well when some kagura has been ...

Orochi Last night we went to Hamada to see the annual Orochi Spectacle. They close off the center crossroads in town and put on regular kag...

Ranking up there with a bullet train in front of Mount Fuji, a geisha in Gion, a tunnel of torii at Fushimi Inari, and sunset at the flo...

On my way out of town to walk upriver to Bungo Ono I passed through one of Oita's covered arcades. This one had a huge model of...

Early morning on my first day walking the Shodoshima Pilgrimage  and I came down out of the bamboo forest into the upper part of the lit...