More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

One of the smartest things I ever did was put in a woodstove. Combined with the insulation and draughtproofing I've done it has meant th...

Recently someone described me as having a fetish for manhole covers. Not sure if it's true and accurate, but I do find them a fascinatin...

The last time I visited Tachikue Gorge I was really lucky to get some quite magical light. As well as along the cliff, some of the 1,500 sta...

The Asia-Pacific Import Mart and West Japan General Exhibition Hall are located just north Of Kokura Station in Kitakyushu and is part of th...

Getting up to Bitchu Matsuyama castle, Japan's highest, is not very easy. There is no public transport up the steep road, though you can...

At 430 meters above sea level, situated atop Mount Gagyu in Okayama, is Bitchu Matsuyama Castle, the highest castle in Japan. It overlooks...

Buddhist statues wearing red hats and bibs can be found all over Japan. In wayside shrines and altars there will be alone or in small groups...

Concrete Wabi Sabi: Virgin tetrapods I like this photo because without any scale reference, one could be looking at something architectura...

Flying back into Japan on Wednesday I was able to get a few decent shots. This first one is somewhere in north Kyushu. Kyushu has a lot of a...

The biggest shimenawa in Japan, and therefore the world, is located up in Izumo at the great shrine of Izumo Taisha. It adorns the Kagura de...