More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  A Walk Around Kyushu Day 59 Kashima to Konagai Monday February 17th 2014 Rain is in the forecast for today so I head off as soon as it is...

  Hizen Hamashuku, now a part of Kashima City in Saga, lies along the Hama River. On the north bank of the river, along what was in the Edo ...

  Hidden among the maze of small alleys around Sakagura Street in Hizen Hamasuku, Kashima, is a well-preserved example of a former samurai h...

  Along the banks of the Hama River in the southern part of what is now Kashima City in Saga Prefecture in Kyushu, Hizen Hamashuku was a tow...

  I have to admit that I thought that Fumyoji was an abandoned temple when I passed by the entrance. It was mid-winter so all the trees and ...

  Tanjo means "birth" in Japanese, and Tanjo-in Temple in Kashima, Saga is built on the spot where Kakuban, known posthumously as ...