More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  To get from Kamano Beach in Fukumitsu to Yunotsu there is no coast road and so I have to head over a small group of hills. It's only a...

Raion-ji Hagio Yakushi-do After leaving Kannonzaka Kannondo, temple 66 on the Sasaguri pilgrimage , the route heads up the mountain valley ...

Houonin Temple Houoninji was founded in the late 17th century with tee erection of the Kitamukizanfudoson, the North-Facing Fudo. Located in...

Ajijoji Nightlife District Usually located adjacent to the main train station in Japanese cities and towns can be found "nightlife dist...

Kiyotakisan Magnificent Cave Temple Above the main gate into Kiyotakisan Temple on Shodoshima is this unusual carving of a cat. I have been ...

Christmas Morning on Shodoshima Day Two of the Pilgrimage Friday 25th December, 2015. Christmas day, and I'm awake at 4am, not, as when ...