More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Middle of the River Fudo Myo Kawanaka Fudo is a large relief carving of Fudo Myo flanked by his two attendants. It is carved into a huge bou...

Japan Museums Tatara are the traditional type of forge used to smelt iron in historical Japan. They used charcoal and iron sand rather than ...

  Last post I showed you inside the cave below the main hall of Iwaya-ji Temple , the mountain temple that is number 45 on the Shikoku pilgr...

  Iwayaji, temple 44 on the Ohenro pilgrimage in Shikoku, is located among towering cliffs and spires of rock high in the mountains of Kumak...

Iwayaji, temple 45 on the Shikoku Ohenro pilgrimage is a favorite of many pilgrims. It is a mountain temple at more than 600 meters altitude...

  Tashima is a small farming hamlet  north of the river in the Chikugo River Plain. I passed through and stopped in at the local shrine whil...

Japan Guide About ten kilometers West of Nanrinji, in the middle of the Chikugo River Plain is the small temple-shrine of Joshin-in, temple ...