More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Japan Travel Gesshoji Temple is located against the hillside to the west of Matsue castle, one of the dozen remaining castles in Japan. It w...

  On the third day of my walk along the Shikoku Fudo Myo  Pilgrimage my first sto p was Saimyoji, tem ple number three of the  pilgrimage, l...

Eirakukan Kabuki Theatre Located in the former castle town of Izushi in northern Hyogo, the Eirakukan is a traditional Japanesekabuki th...

Kushijima Kushijima is a small uninhabited islet at the mouth of the entrance to the World Heritage Site ports of Yunotsu and Okidomari. It...

Mizuko Temple Monju-in Monju-in is one of a cluster of mountain-top temples at about 450 meters above sea level in the mountains overlooking...

Osaka Tenmangu Osaka Tenmangu is a large, quiet, shrine in the middle of downtown Osaka that is the origin of Osak's biggest matsuri, th...

Takahara Kumano Shrine Takahara is a mountaintop village located on the Nakahechi route of the Kumano Kodo ilgrimage. The village shrine, a ...