More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Reisenji Temle was one of the 12 main temples located in the heart of the Kunisaki peninsula in Oita that made up the unique Rokugo Manzan...

  Futagoji Temple is a large Tendai temple on the Kunisaki Peninsula in Oita, Kyushu. Pictured above are the steps leading up to the Okunoin...

  There are many Misosogi shrines in the Kunisaki Peninsula area, and I recently learned that it was a name given to Rokusho shrines in earl...

Arata Isozaki 1933 - 2022 The famous Japanese architect Arata Isozaki passed away on December 28th, 2022. Born in Oita, Kyushu, in 1933, he...

Kitsuki Castle Town Museum The Kitsuki Castle Town Museum is a spacious and modern three storey structure on one of the high bluffs in the s...

Kitsuki One of the new rules set up by the new Tokugawa Shogunate when they gained control of Japan following the Battle of Sekigahara in 16...

Yakatabune, Mimuka River The Mikuma River flows through Hita, in the mountains of Oita near the border with Fukuoka, and has been a transpor...