More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Mysteries Heading north through the paddies north of Yatsushiro I was surprised to see tractors planting in flooded paddies. I had read that...

Yatsushiro Monument Kilali Day 45 of my first walk around Kyushu and it's time to head north out of Yatsushiro towards Kumamoto City. ...

Shohinken Teahouse Shohinken is an Edo-period garden and teahouse not far from Yatsushiro Castle in the south of Kumamoto. It was built in 1...

Yatsushiro Municipal Museum The Yatsushiro Municipal Museum in Yatsushiro , Kyushu was one of the earliest projects of Kumamoto Artpolis, a...

Yatsushiro Castle Yatsushiro castle was completed in 1622 after three years of construction. It replaced a nearby castle that had been des...

Io-ji Io-ji temple is not very large and is located not too far from the ruins of Yatsushiro Castle in Yatsushiro . The temple was patronize...

Yatsushiro I arrived at Yatsushiro Shrine in late November on the 44th day of my first walk around Kyushu. A few days earlier was the Yatsus...

Yatsushiro Shrine Yatsushiro Shrine is the major shrine of Yatsushiro in Kumamoto and was established towards the end of the heian Period. ...

Furufumotoinari Immediately adjacent to Shunkoji Temple was a series of vermillion torii heading up the hillside straddling a steep stairca...