More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  After leaving my night time perch at the Tamana Observatory I crossed the Kikuchi River and started to walk through Tamana. The first sto...

Eikoku-ji temple in Hitoyoshi is located on the opposite bank of the Kuma River to the Aoi Aso Shrine, near the castle. It is also known as ...

On the banks of the Kitagawa River north of Nobeoka in Miyazaki is the Saigo Takamori Memorila Museum. On this site Saigo nade a tempo...

Originally situated atop a small island that connected to the mainland by a sandbar at low tide, Usuki Castle is now in the middle of th...