More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  As of this posting, we are "enjoying" an unusually early cold and snowy spell, so these images are for the rest of you in the no...

  Yubu is a tine island 400 meters off the coast or Iriomote Island that has no ferries or bridge. Transport to and from the island is by ca...

  Iriomote Island, 90 percent covered in fairly impenetrable jungle and mangrove swamps has a thriving pineapple industry and has recently s...

  The Urauchi River is the longest river in Okinawa Prefecture, and it is found on Iriomote Island, the largest of the Yaeyama Islands. As O...

There are two Hoshizuna (star sand) beaches in the Yaeyama Islands, one on Taketomi, and this one on the north coast of Iriomote. ...