More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  The Genbudo Caves are not really caves, but are nonetheless intriguing geological phenomena. They are cliffs of basalt formed into columns...

  Kinosaki is a very popular hot spring resort near the Sea of Japan in northern Hyogo that is easily accessible from the big cities of Kans...

Shopfronts of Izushi Castle Town Izushi in northern Hyogo is a former castle town that has enough of its traditional architecture left remai...

  Izushi Castle in northern Hyogo was built in 1604 by Koide Yoshihide after he took of the domain formerly controlled by the Yamana Clan. T...

The Hiyoriyama Seacoast is a stretch of scenic coastline in Toyooka in northern Hyogo around the mouth of the Maruyama River. It is part of ...

Japan has almost 30,000 kilometers of coastline, which ranks it 7th in the world, so it is not surprising that it has thousands of coast...

One of the features of Tadao Ando's Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art is the exterior spiral staircase. I posted some other p...

Higashiura is a town at the northern end of Awaji Island and its manhole cover depicts the nearby Akashi kaikyo Bridge which connects ...

The Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art in Kobe is usually pictured from the sea front, but the entrance is at the back of ther building o...