More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Canal City Hakata, 博多 A couple of months ago I took advantage of a lull in the pandemic and went on a trip to north Kyushu. This involved my...

Sumiyoshi Shrine Hakata Sumiyoshi Shrine in Hakata is a large, historic shrine near the river that in ancient times was much closer to the m...

Sumiyoshi Inari Shrine As well as the Mikka Ebisu Shrine, the grounds of Sumiyoshi Shrine in Hakata also contains an Inari Shrine. It has a...

Mikka Mikka Ebisu is one of the shrines within the grounds of the Sumiyoshi Shrine in Hakata. It's built on an island in a large pond. M...

Rakusuien Rakusuien is a small garden in downtown Hakata, located next to the Sumiyoshi Shrine. The garden and house were built in 1906 as a...

Hakata at Sunrise 博多 The first time I visited Hakata I woke at 5 am in the morning and seeing as how the hotel's breakfast didn’t st...

Kushida Shrine Kushida Shrine is the most important shrine in Hakata. Founded in 757 when Hakata was the main port for official internatio...

At dawn on Christmas Day, 2012,  I set out on my latest long distance walk, a 2,000 kikometer walk around Kyushu. The Kyushu 88 temple &am...