More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Tuesday 25th November 2014 and I begin day 22 of my walk along the Chugoku Kannon Pilgrimage with a visit to Jyoeiji Temple in Yamaguchi C...

Arata Isozaki 1933 - 2022 The famous Japanese architect Arata Isozaki passed away on December 28th, 2022. Born in Oita, Kyushu, in 1933, he...

Hagi in Yamaguchi is a former castle town that is home to a lot of historical and traditional architecture including several Preservation Di...

Chofuteien Garden Chofu, a former castle town not far from Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi, was a base of the Mori Clan and though not so well know...

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