More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  On my last day in Sasebo I went back and visited the recently redeveloped port and harbour area. I had been based in Sasebo for a week and...

  One of my favorite subjects for photography has always been modern architecture, and the cities and even the countryside of Japan have bee...

  Miyajitake Shrine in Sasebo is on a steep hillside in the downtown area. I can find no history of it, though at the entrance there is a cl...

  Just below Saihoji Temple in downtown Sasebo, but quite outside its grounds, is an altar with numerous Buddhist statues, most being Fudo M...

  Saihoji Temple is considered to be the oldest and the most important temple in Sasebo. It was rebuilt after being destroyed at the end of ...

  Located on top of a small hill in what is now central Sasebo, Kameyama Hachimangu is by far the biggest and most important shrine in Saseb...