More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Mishima I was excited to start day 2 of my walk along the Kyushu Fudo Myoo pilgrimage. A good chunk of the days walking would be along mount...

Kurume 久留米 Suitengu Shrine in Kurume is the head shrine of all Suitengu shrines in Japan. It was founded in the 13th Century and moved from ...

金源寺 Kingenji is a very small temple in a remore location, high up in the Okuizumo area of the Chugoku mountains. The small main hall is that...

  Taishi-ji was the only pilgrimage temple I visited on day 52 of my walk along said pilgrimage. It is numbered as 5, but the numbering syst...

Omori Most the photos in the previous post on Omori used perspective quite strongly. For this series, I want to concentrate more on flat, tw...

Statues along the Hita Kaido One of the subjects I focus on finding as I walk the roads and lanes of Japan is sculptures. On my walk along t...

  Omori is a small village that was the administrative centre for the Iwami Ginzan silver mine, and is therefore a part of the UNESCO World ...