More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

A common sight in fishing villages on the Iwami coast is squid hanging up to dry. I believe Iwami exports a lot of squid to other parts of J...

I spent the afternoon and evening in London before spending the night on the floor of Stansted Airport ready for a cheap flight to Stuttgart...

3pm and the river has come up over the bank and is inching its way towards my millet, chingensai, carrots, tomatoes, corn (what was lookin...

Flood It's been raining heavily for a couple of days, and yesterday I noticed the river was high, so last night as it continued to pour...

The Tenryo Maru is one of the many tour boats that ply the canals of the Bikan historic district of Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture. ...

On the nearby guide map this little shrine is called Kari no Miya Kojin Shrine, but in the torii and shrine building it is called Hachidai A...

I am almost certain that this is not a statues of Jabba The Hut, though the resemblance is uncanny. I am almost certain that it is a statue ...

This rather funky looking contraption looks like it may be some sort of mobile home for a homeless person, but once the sun goes down it tra...

The old JR railway station at Taisha, on the main road leading to Izumo Taisha, is unusual in that it is built in traditional Japanese styl...