More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Coming down from Unzen Hot Springs towards Obama on the coast of Tachibana Bay, the road is steep and without any settlements until just a...

Ohenro Trail Day 14 The famous Shikoku Pilgrimage, known as Ohenro, was the first formal pilgrimage I walked. Hard to believe it is now over...

Japan Guide When I reached Tanushimaru along the Hita Kaido, another kind of statue, other than Ebisu,  started to appear, namely Kappa........

The Kappa, one of many mythical creatures classified as "Yokai", is often translated into English as "water sprite"...

The Kappa, Japanese water imp, does on occasion behave kindly to humans, but mostly it is a malevolent creature, so it is not surprising tha...

Yokai Yokai is a very broad category of creature that includes monsters, goblins, demons, in fact all and every kind of supernatural being ...

Today, May 5th, is Children's Day in Japan. In Kawado, the village across the river, it is also the day of the year's most important...