More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  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 ...

  The Sakurai were a samurai family who controlled iron production in an area of Okuizumo in the Chugoku Mountains of Shimane. Originally fr...

  Yamata no Orochi is a mythical serpent with 8 heads that appears in the Izumo cycle of ancient Japanese myths set in the time before the d...

  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 ...

Lafcadio Hearn's House & Gardens Lafcadio Hearn was one of the first foreign writers in Japan whose books are still very popular tod...

Kushijima Kushijima is a small uninhabited islet at the mouth of the entrance to the World Heritage Site ports of Yunotsu and Okidomari. It...

Yakumo Honjin 八雲本陣 The Yakumo Honjin is a former wealthy merchant's house from the Edo Period located on the south shore of Lake Shinji ...