More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Akiyoshidai, a karst of about 100 square kilometers in central Yamaguchi Prefecture is the largest limestone plateau in Japan. About 300 mil...

Nochigashima is a tiny, rocky islet just off the Hiyoriyama Coast in northern Hyogo. It is home to a collection of structures with a distinc...

In  the wake of the typhoon that had passed by a few days ago the sea was still far more active than normal and as I approached Kuromatsu it...

  Konomoineji is number 86 on the 88 temple pilgrimage in Sasaguri near Fukuoka, but the temples are not arranged in numerical order, so it ...

Heading down the Kuma River it was not too long before I cam upon another thatched temple. This one was the Amida-do of Shorenji temple. It ...

Standing guard in front of the gate to Shozen-in, a small temple in the mountains of Kumamoto, are a pair of cats rather than the more usual...

  The Kannon-do (Kannon Hall) at Shozen-in Temple near Yunomae in the mountains of Kumamoto is rather unusual. It has a thatched roof, which...

  After leaving my berth for the night I began the 41st day of my walk around Kyushu by taking the train a couple of stops east to the term...

  When I am not sleeping out for the night I always look for the cheapest type of accommodation possible, so I was delighted to find Blue Tr...

Some of the photos of statues I encountered amoing the autumn colors at Kandaiji Temple , the 51st temple on the Kyushu Pilgrimage. It is l...