More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Recently some of my photos have been used in a publication dealing with access for visually-impaired people. The photos were taken f...

The last post, for a while at least, on circular windows in Japan. These are in Milky Way Hall in Gotsu. This one is at the local aquarium, ...

When I went inside Aquas Aquarium I didn't actually spend a lot of time looking at the fish! I wandered around looking at the light and ...

I've posted pics of the bridge at Aquas before, but on our recent visit there the light and weather was different, so I post some more...

Last week when we went to Aquas we didn't actually go into the aquarium, but explored behind it (there is no entrance fee to the park :)...

The Aquas aquarium building is not much to look at as you speed by on Rte. 9, but a closer look reveals that it represents a shark Opened in...

Aquas is the largest aquarium in western Honshu and is located within Iwami Seaside Park on Route 9 between Hamada and Gotsu. More than 400 ...

This is the official manhole cover for the City of Hamada, the capital of Iwami. It's population is a little over 60, 000, but most of t...

First-time visitors driving along Route 9 or passing by on the train through Hashi always point to the tower of the bridge at Aquas and ask ...