More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

As I was climbing up towards the first mountain temple on the Shodoshima Pilgrimage I spied ahead of me what I guessed was a kind of shr...

I wandered around the Samurai district in Chiran early in the morning before tourists had arrived. I recently posted on the gardens fou...

Okayama Castle was constructed between 1573 to 1597 by the Ukita Clan. They were on the wrong side of the Battle of Sekigahara and so th...

At the start of day 35 of my first walk around the island of Kyushu I wandered around the former samurai district in Chiran, a small tow...

Gongendo Shrine is a Shinto shrine on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture. It is claimed that Okinawa is part of Japan, and it is also...

Hundreds of stone lanterns line the main road that leads towards the Chiran Peace Museum in Chiran, southern Kagoshima. Chiran was an ai...

Kitsuki Castle Claimed to be the smallest castle in Japan, Kitsuki castle is located in northern Kyushu in the town of Kitsuki in Oita. ...

Situated on top of Mount Kunimiyama above the town of Makurazaki in the far southeast of Kagoshima is Daikokuji Temple, number 97 on the...

It was cloudy when I woke up on the third day of my walk along the Aki Nada island chain in the Inland Sea in Hiroshima, but it was s...

One of the things I am always on the lookout for in my wanderings in the back country of Japan, are masks. Being a mask-maker myself, th...