How to ride a Japanese train

Easy day trips from Osaka or Kyoto: Ikoma

Osaka Neighbourhoods: Horie

13 temples to try in Koyasan (and 2 to miss)

How to visit Koyasan’s temples without staying at one

Go deeper

Saying goodbye

Just Japan podcasted

Buddhist monk playing shamisen

Vegetarians in a Buddhist temple and other frustrating things

Winter in Koyasan Photo essay

The Kyoto Quality

3 months in Koyasan, photo collage

I hate rice

I live in a Buddhist temple, and every day is different.