More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  The rear garden at Komyozenji Temple, known as the Ittekikai Garden, was the garden that really first piqued my interest in Japanese garde...

  Komyozenji Temple is a 13th Century Rinzai Zen Temple adjacent to Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine in Fukuoka. The temple is famous for its two gar...

The Kyushu National Museum is located in the ancient western capital of Dazaifu in Fukuoka. It's built on a hill overlooking Da...

Not much I can add to the title, except to give locations. This first one is from a farmhouse in the village of Yairoishi, up in the mountai...