More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Approaching Kunisaki Town from the west, a few kilometers inland was a reconstruction of a Yayoi Period village. Across the road was a s...

Sunday, March 24th, 2018, was the 19th day of my walk around Kyushu on the 108 temple Shingon Pilgrimage. The route from Nobeoka down to...

The short ferry ride from Osakishimojima Island deposited me on the southern tip of Osakikamijima Island and I started to walk up the c...

At the other end of the hill known as Imayama on which Imayama Hachimangu Shrine is located is a small temple, Imayama Daishi, dedicated...

Miraishin no Oka, the Hill of Eternal Hope is a sculptural work located on a hill above Kosanji, the somewhat bizarre temple located on ...

Imayama, a small hill not far from Nobeoka Station is home to the main shrine of the area, Imayama hachimangu. A large entrance gate tha...

Nibehime Jinja On the third day of my walk along the Iwami Kannon Pilgrimage I started the day at Shizuma with a visit to the main shrin...

Origunally called Agata Castle, Nobeoka castle was never very big and didn't even have a keep, ony a three-story turret that only la...

Daruma Daruma is the Japanese name for Bodhidharma, a legendary figure who is credited with transmitting Zen teachings from either India...

After leaving the Saigo Takamori Memorial Museum , I still had a couple of hours walk to get into downtown Nobeoka and the pilgrimage te...