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...

Mount Nosokodake Ishigaki This is the view, looking north, from Mount Nosoko, sometimes referred to as Nosokodake, and also known as Nosoko...

Ishigaki 石垣島 Ishigaki Island is officially part of Okinawa, though it lies closer to Taiwan than to the main island of Okinawa. It is one of...

Tojin Memorial Ishigaki 石垣島 Hidden away on a remote section of the coast of Ishigaki Island in Okinawa is this colourful monument built in C...

Cape Oganzaki 石垣島 Cape Oganzaki lies at the tip of the Yarabu Peninsula on the western side of Ishigaki Island in Okinawa. When we visited i...

Kabira Bay 石垣島 Kabira Bay is one of the most popular scenic spots on the island of Ishigaki in what is now Okinawa. With white sand beaches,...

石垣島 Just across the road from Yonehara Beach in central Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, is the Yoneko Yaki craft centre where you can see and buy,...