More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Akiyoshidai, a karst of about 100 square kilometers in central Yamaguchi Prefecture is the largest limestone plateau in Japan. About 300 mil...

Before I headed off on my walk to Shikoku along the Shimanami Kaido I spent the morning walking Onomichi's temple walk. Thou...

Winter has arrived early this year, and with being extra busy and the Fall weather being wetter than usual I didnt get to do as much w...

heading off for a few days in the mountains again so I thought I would post some pics from a recent trip sleeping out on top of a moun...

The Aki Nada Islands are a chain of islands in the Inland Sea off the coast of Hiroshima Prefecture that run approximately from near K...

After crossing the Tatara Bridge the Shimanami kaido runs down the SE edge of Omishima. Omishima is the biggest of the islands on the ...

I woke before the sun and headed off around the north coast of Ikuchijima and enjoyed the sunrise lighting up the surrounding islands....

After leaving the gite we wandered through the alleys of the village before emerging on the banks of the river in the Valley of the Roses....

Came across this skeleton of a young buck Sika Deer yesterday as I was hiking across the Kitayama Mountains at the western end of the Shima...

There was a spell of fine weather last week so I took the opportunity to go for a walk. My route was along the Shimanami kaido, a new 70k ...