More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  The pagoda at Rengein Tanjoji Temple in Tamana, Kumamoto, is one of only two 5-storey pagodas in Kyushu made exclusively out of wood. It s...

  Rengein Tanjoji Temple is a very large and relatively new temple in Tamana that I discovered by accident while walking the Kyushu Pilgrima...

  Heading out of Tamana in Kumamoto on day 49 of my walk, I spied a tall pagoda, and heading over to investigate discovered this huge temple...

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

  Taman Observatory is a curious structure located on a small hilltop overlooking a sports park and the town of Tamana beyond. It's not ...