Enoshima 2019 (November visit): Iwaya Caves
Near the flat rocks on the southern shore of Enoshima is the entrance to the Iwaya Caves. There are two separate caves down here that…
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Near the flat rocks on the southern shore of Enoshima is the entrance to the Iwaya Caves. There are two separate caves down here that…
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At the end of the shopping street on Enoshima I arrived at a large torii gate that marked the entrance to Enoshima Shrine. There are…
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Right by Lake Ashinoko’s torii gate are the stairs leading up to Hakone Shrine. Tradition says that Hakone Shrine was first founded in the year…
Just a couple minutes south of Matsumoto Castle is the Yohashira Shrine. This charming little shrine is dedicated to four Shinto deities and its name…
At the end of the Oharaimachi shopping street is the entrance to the Inner Ise Shrine. Also known as Naiku, the Inner Shrine was founded…
After a bit of a hiatus I am finally getting back to sharing more photos and stories from my 2019 trip to Japan and Korea.…
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With my bus tour of Gokayama and Shirakawago concluded, I arrived back in Takayama in the late afternoon and before the sun went down I…
Continue reading → Takayama 2019: Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine (櫻山八幡宮)
On the west side of Kanazawa Castle is a Oyama Shrine, which was first established in 1599 and was originally located in a different part…
A few blocks south of the Omicho Market I saw a small shrine at the end of a road and I decided to take a…
As a follow-up to yesterday’s post, I figured I’d share a video that I took with my phone while walking through Senbon Torii at Fushimi…