More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  After a couple of small, hermitage-type "temples", number 30, Shoboji, in the small coastal settlement of Yoshino on the Mito pe...

  Friday March 21st, 2014. A walk from  Hiradoguchi Station to Imari Station Today’s lengthy leg of my walk will include just one temple and...

  Sakura Shrine lies along the old Iumo Kaido to the west of what is now Tsuyama City. As I entered I got the feeling that this would turn o...

  Zenukuji Temple is located in Imafuku, now part of Matsuubara City. It is the only Shingon temple in Imafuku and the only temple I visited...

  Early May, 2013, and I start day 6 of my walk along the Kannon pilgrimage in the former province of Iwami, the Iwami Mandala Kannon. The l...