More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Friday February 21st 2014 The sun may or may not be up as I head out of Obama and take the road north along the coast of Tachibana Bay. Loom...

  Obama Onsen is a small. coastal hot spring resort on the West coast of the Shimabara Peninsula in Nagasaki, Kyushu. I stayed in a small. f...

  Obama Shrine is the main shrine of the small, coastal hot spring resort of Obama on Tachibana Bay in Nagasaki. The current shrine building...

  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...

On some recent travels I came across a couple of towns that have their manholes designs designed by children. The first was Takamatsu in...