More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  The Nagasakiminato Terminal is located on the waterfront in Nagasaki. From here are numerous ferry services, mostly out to the Goto Island...

  These shots were all taken inside the largest pyramid at the Sand Museum in Nima, Shimane. Suspended above your head is the largest sand t...

Nima Sand Museum Japan I have posted on the Nima Sand Museum before, but it was a long time ago, and the posts no longer have photos. It is ...

Looking up from the center of the floor at the Seirei Hall of the Nichiren temple on top of Nose Myokensan. The altar to the Bodisa...

I've posted photos of the works of Shimane born architect Shin Takamatsu quite a few times. I do like his work and there are a lot o...

A good half of the public onsen in Tamatsukuri is a wedge-shaped concrete structure that in reality serves no purpose at all. But it ...

Tamatsukuri Onsen is among the oldest in recorded history in Japan. Located on the Tamayu River near Lake Shinji it has numerous ryokan ...

While walking the Iwami 33 Kannon Pilgrimage I was able to revisit many places I had been before. There were of course some new things...

Misumi, a small town on the Shimane coast between Hamada and Masuda has, like much of rural Japan, been depopulated over the last 60 y...