More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

I'm going against the grain of the title of my blog this time as this is MOST familiar japan. It is of course the floating torii in fron...

The earliest form of Tengu in Japan was a half-bird half-man creature, the Karasu (crow) Tengu, but the commonest form is the red faced, lon...

Miyajima, the popular tourist destination in the Inland Sea near Hiroshima City is home to many deer. Since ancient times the island has bee...

Monkey Raid Sitting at my computer yesterday I heard a rustle in the persimmon tree just outside the screen door. An adult monkey had jump...