More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Wakanoura, which roughly could be translated as  Poetry Bay, is in the southern part of what is now Wakayama City. Where the Wada River an...

  Kakaji is a town on the north side of the Kunisaki peninsula, and the Hachiman Shrine is te main shrine of the town. The approach to the s...

  The Saikai Bridge crosses the narrow Hario Strait which connects Omura Bay with the ocean. When built in 1955 it was the largest arch brid...

  I begin the second leg of my walk up the Gonokawa River to its source from my home. I live on the other bank to the one I am walking up. M...

Bridges at Shurakuen Garden Tsuyama The Shurakuen garden in Tsuyama is an Edo-period stroll-type garden that is dominated by water. As such ...