Whilst on Mishima for another day, I took a stroll and stumbled across a crumbling set of stairs, winding up to a little temple. I took this picture on my walk up.

This post has a parental guidance warning and is probably not safe for work. In Nagato, near Hagi, there is a fertility shrine and, like most laments to fertility, it concentrates on just one thing. It was fairly well hidden and took a bit of time to find as the locals were a bit bemused […]

Just a short cycle from Hagi, along a scenic coastal path, there is a beautiful buddisht temple. It overlooks a peaceful lake- filled with pretty carp and inquisitive river turtles that swim towards you hoping for scraps. Families of cats have made it there home-; spending their days sleeping amongst the shrines or chasing frogs […]