More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

There is a collection of phallic stones at the Asuka Nimasu Shrine that I would guess have been collected from the surrounding area. A few o...

Twins Momochi is an unusual building located, not surprisingly, in the Momochi district of Fukuoka. The buildings looks like a single buildi...

The oldest type of Tengu had a face that was bird-like, with a beak. Over time this became a long nose, and was probably incorporating eleme...

I heard the calls of the monkeys in the forest outside my house so I watched out the window for a minute or two until I saw an adult jump do...

While I was in Cambridge I took one of the guided walking tours on offer so I could get inside the chapel at King's College. It has the ...

Uzui is a tiny village up in the mountains near to the border with Hiroshima Prefecture. If there is more than 100 people in the village I w...

Asuka Nimasu Shrine in Asuka, the ancient capital of early Japan is a very old shrine and is one of the possible sources of the name of Asuk...

I found this little guy recently stretched out on the road. It wasnt squished and I couldnt see any injury, so maybe he died of a heart atta...

Korakuen is ranked among the Top Three Gardens in all of Japan. It is located in central Okayama City, close to Okayama castle, which is vis...