Blogspot - ojisanjake.blogspot.com - More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan
General Information:
Latest News:
Izumo 33 Kannon Pilgrimage. End of the first day. 25 Aug 2013 | 04:01 pm
After leaving Gakuenji the trail heads up into the mountains. On the other side is Izumo where I have a hotel room waiting.... The first few kilometers of trail are part of the Chugoku Nature Trail, ...
Return of the Badger 22 Aug 2013 | 07:05 am
Most evenings I hear the badger snuffling around just outside my house, so when I saw it yesterday afternoon I got out there with my camcorder and took a few shots.... other posts on the anaguma here
Gonokawa Matsuri Parade 20 Aug 2013 | 06:22 am
Last saturday was the Gonokawa Matsuri, the social event of the season in Gotsu. All the young females of the species were in their finest..... The parade consisted of a long line of various civic gr...
Kamagari Bridge 17 Aug 2013 | 09:18 am
The Kamagari Bridge connects Shimokanagari Island with Kamagari (sometimes known as Kamikamagari) Island in the Akin Nada Island chain in the Inland Sea in Hiroshima. It is a truss-style bridge with ...
Onomichi Temple Walk. Tenneiji 15 Aug 2013 | 04:37 pm
The next temple on the Onomichi Temple Walk is Tenneiji Founded in the middle of the 14th century as a Rinzai temple, it is now a Soto sect temple. The pagoda behind the temple offers some great vie...
Contemporary Sacred Music & Dance at Mononobe Shrine 10 Aug 2013 | 01:08 pm
On Wednesday I came back one day earlier than planned from my Kyushu Pilgrimage because I found out that my friend Hiroki Okano and friends were performing at a local shrine. Part of their own Izumo P...
Sanbe Dam 8 Aug 2013 | 04:53 pm
The second temple on the Iwami 33 Kannon pilgrimage (actually the first "extra" temple) is located on the mountainside above Sanbe Dam. Thats Mount Sanbe behind. Seeing how aged the concrete is I was...
More Umbrellas & Parasols 28 Jul 2013 | 12:11 pm
So, the rainy season is officially over, but there are still showers and thunderstorms to contend with, so umbrellas are still ubiquitous. Of course umbrellas also double as parasols, and as such are...
Japanese Pond Turtles 23 Jul 2013 | 06:40 am
Freshwater turtles can be found all over Japan, in castle moats, shrine and temple ponds, lakes, irrigation ditches, etc etc I'm no naturalist, so am not sure exactly which species these are. They mi...
Tairyuji Ropeway 14 Jul 2013 | 06:58 pm
The Tairyuji Ropeway in Tokushima goes from the small town of Naka on the Naka River up to Tairyuji, the 21st temple of the Shikoku Pilgrimage. As you would expect there are some stunning views on th...
