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...

  Isotake Port is situated in small bay protected by a headland. On the seaward side of the ports residential area runs a narrow beach. The ...

  After visiting the Hachiman shrine I carry on up the riverside road through what used to be called Watari but is now just considered Kaw...

  Just a short walk past one small inlet after Takuno and I came into Isotake Port. Named after Isotakeru, one of the sons of Susano, the s...

  Yuminato is a small harbor and fishing village at the mouth of the Yusato River. Now part of Yusato village, the main village is a little ...