More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Cement Town Tsukumi Tsukumi is a small fishing port on the coast of Oita between Usuki and Saiki that I walked through after visiting te...

Rakan, sometimes referred to by their sanskrit name of Arhat, are generally considered to be disciples of the historical Buddha, and in ...

Located in a small fishing village at the edge of Tsukimi on the coast of southern Oita, Kaiganji is the 29th of the 108 Shingon temples...

Funa-Goya are traditional boathouses found all over the Oki Islands, but at Tsuma on the SW coast of Dogo is a collection that are most ...

Nioza Historical Road Nioza is the old district of the former castle town of Usuki in Oita. One of the narrow lanes is stone paved and w...

Kumano Nachi Taisha is one of the three Kumano shrines that are the focus of the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage routes in the Kii peninsula of W...

Kozanji, the 28th temple on the Kyushu pilgrimage is in the hills south of the main town. It was established here in 1590 but was m...

24 Eyes On my first morning walking the Shodoshima Pilgrimage I took a short detour to visit the 24 Eyes Movie Village. 24 Eyes ( Nijyus...

Matsushima Shrine Located on a long, narrow island near the mouth of the Usuki River, Matsushima Shrine was founded in 1707. The t...

At the start of my second day walking the Chugoku Kannin Pilgrimage I was at Yokeiji Temple on a hilltop overlooking the Yoshii River. ...