Fox Shrine

This morning, Toby and I decided to head up to the Gioji moss temple and the little fox shrine that Rachel Manija Brown and I had found near Gioji on our 2007 trip. I couldn’t remember which station we’d gotten off at on the previous visit, and the hanare we’re staying at for this visit…

Miyajima Island, Part 4

Otherwise known as: Shit’s on Fire, Yo. Anyway! Toby and I rendezvous’ed at the big map at the entrance to the main shrine at 4:30. We were both tired and sore and cold and wet as it had been raining chilly rain off and on all day, so we found a cafe that served tea…

Miyajima Island, part 3

As Stephanie mentioned, we split up after some time on Miyajima. We could do more damage that way. I headed up toward the Miyajima ropeway.

Our good deed for the day

Trudging through the ice and snow to Nijo Castle, Toby found a very nice Sony phone lying on the ground. We looked around to see if anyone had obviously just dropped it, but no one was close enough. So he picked it up and we continued walking. We got to the parking office for the…