More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Awaji World Peace Kannon This is the first of an occasional series of posts I plan on things I've seen that have now disappeared. Havin...

  Japan is home to a multitude of observation decks atop high-rise buildings and towers, with Tokyo Skytree being the tallest and most famou...

Ema 絵馬 Votive plaques, called ema in Japanese, were originally paintings of horses given to shrines with prayers. Nowadays they are most...

Higashiura is a town at the northern end of Awaji Island and its manhole cover depicts the nearby Akashi kaikyo Bridge which connects ...