More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Ohenro Trail Day 14 The famous Shikoku Pilgrimage, known as Ohenro, was the first formal pilgrimage I walked. Hard to believe it is now over...

  Continuing with the  second day of my in-depth exploration of the Sea of Japan coastline,I left the bounds of Gotsu and entered the realm ...

  The Seto Nakai, or Inland Sea, is dotted with islands and islets, and while many have now been connected by bridges to each other and the ...

Cement Town Tsukumi Tsukumi is a small fishing port on the coast of Oita between Usuki and Saiki that I walked through after visiting te...

The second temple on the Iwami 33 Kannon pilgrimage (actually the first "extra" temple) is located on the mountainside above ...

Golden Week I took advantage of the spell of wonderful weather this past weekend to go for a 40k walk. I wanted to walk the last section o...

Since Gunkanjima re-opened to visitors last year the tours have proved to be very popular. I was lucky to get the very last seat. The part ...

Gunkanjima (Battleship island) is the nickname of Hashima, a very small uninhabited island about 15k from Nagasaki. Why that is its nicknam...

Concrete Wabi Sabi: Mountainsides Any look at the aesthetics, or economics, of concrete in Japan would have to look at concreted mountains...

Our new tunnel will shorten our drive down the river to Gotsu by a little more than 200 meters. Being straight the tunnel will also be more ...

We are getting a new tunnel!!! This will make the drive to Gotsu at least 15 seconds quicker. Well worth the billions of yen it's costi...