More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  The Sakurai were a samurai family who controlled iron production in an area of Okuizumo in the Chugoku Mountains of Shimane. Originally fr...

  One of the benefits of walking everywhere rather than using a faster method of travel is that you get to see things you would miss if you ...

Yakumo Honjin 八雲本陣 The Yakumo Honjin is a former wealthy merchant's house from the Edo Period located on the south shore of Lake Shinji ...

  Yakumo Honjin is a large, Edo-period residence formerly owned by the Kowata Family that also functioned as a honjin, a guesthouse for the ...

Yakumo Honjin Yakumo Honjin is the name given to this large, traditional residence located in settlement Shinji, located about halfway betwe...

  Honjin were a kind of lodgings used by daimyo, feudal lords, as they travelled around their domain. They were usyually the homes of wealth...