More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Karatsu Castle is situated on a spit of land on the west bank of the Matsuura River as it reaches the sea. I arrived in Karatsu by walking...

  Kiyama Temple is located at more than 400 meters above sea level on a mountain in the northern part of Okayama prefecture. With a large to...

  Kakurinji is located on a low hilltop on the bank of the Matsuura River not far from its mouth where it enters the sea. I approached it fr...

  Late November, and on day 17 of my walk around Shikoku on the Ohenro pilgrimage I have left the Wakamiya Hachimangu shrine connected to th...