More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Tsuwano Castle, celebrating the 700th anniversary of its founding this year, 2024, is now mostly ruins. It is situated on a mountaintop, 2...

  Kashii Shrine is a large shrine complex a little north of Hakata in Fukuoka. Sometimes called Kashiigu, it used to be called Kashii Jingu ...

The Akiya Coast is a section of scenic coastline in the northwest of Ama Island. Some of the inlets on the island are home to what I believe...

  Hakozaki Shrine was founded in 923 when the wakemitama, divided spirit, was enshrined here in Hakata after being brought from the Daibu Ha...