More interesting structures

 This little Shinto shrine contains a well worn stone wrapped in cloth. I would love to know what it represents, obviously a local god but there must also be a story behind it, one would thing.

 This building was a bit strange. It was only about three meters wide. I had a choice here and chose the road less taken, the one on the left. It turned out that there was nothing special and it just returned to the main road after a few hundred meters. It must be the original road through the area that would have been replaced by the larger road on the right.

Except for the fact that I have stopped drinking, this seems like a good idea.