More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  A Teahouse Garden, called roji or chatei, differs from the other two main types of Japanese garden, the karesansui, dry garden, often call...

  The Yukawa were a low ranking samurai family who lived along the Aiba Canal in Hagi. They were the keepers of the canal which is prob...

Mitaki Dera Tsukubai, literally "stooping basin" are small stone basins associated often with Tea Ceremony. They differ from th...