More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Hizen Hamashuku, now a part of Kashima City in Saga, lies along the Hama River. On the north bank of the river, along what was in the Edo ...

  Sometimes referred to as a folklore museum, sometimes a local history museum, the Yokota  Museum is housed in a traditional thatched farmh...

  Sunday February 16th 2014 I head off in the dark as I have a long distance to cover before I reach the room I've booked in Kashima t...

Nakane Samurai Residence The castle town of Kitsuki in Oita is yet another of the small towns in Japan that have chosen to label themselves ...

  Since I moved to the Japanese countryside more than 18 years ago, almost all of the thatched farmhouses in my area have disappeared. Howev...