More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

This unusual tree is called Kabura Sugi and it can be found on Dogo, the largest of the Oki Islands in the Japan Sea off the coast of Sh...

A pair of huge trees flank the entrance to Asami Shrine in Beppu. I posted on the shrine many years ago. It is the main shrine fo...

This is somewhat how I felt on the morning of my eleventh day of walking around Kyushu. After 2 days of miserable, grey, drizzly weather...

Shimenawa, the sacred ropes that mark sacred space, can often be found wrapped around trees. Sometimes the tree features in an old story or ...

At 1,126 meters in height, the seven peaks of Mount Sanbe make it the highest point in Iwami. There have been minor eruptions of this volca...

This is the biggest tree in Shimane Prefecture! It is located in a small village just downstream of Nichihara Town on the Tsuwano River. It ...

Japanese Plants: know them and use them Betty W. Richards Anne Kaneko Shufunotomo Co. Ltd ISBN4-07-975121-4 228pp This book is small enough ...