More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Tosa Inari Shrine is jammed in between buildings on a side street off of Kawaramachi Dori in downtown Kyoto. The shrine was originally built...

The atrium of the Seahawk Hotel in Fukuoka is based on the design of a seashell. It, and the hotel, were designed by Italian architect Cesar...

I should have posted these a few weeks back in a more timely manner, but with the record levels of snow recently thoughts of winter and the...

The Kunisaki Peninsular in Oita Prefecture, northern Kyushu, was a major center of Shugendo, the syncretic mountain religion mixing elements...

After St Ives I headed back to Penzance on the south coast to find the weather brightened so I walked 5k along the beach to St Michaels Moun...

Back in December, before winter arrived, there was still some color around so I made one last trip hunting the Fall colors....... We headed ...

Yanai Shirakabe no Machi Yanai , a small town and port in Yamaguchi is most well known for its Kingyo Choochin Matsuri featuring goldfish ...

Probably the first thing you notice at Tanzan Shrine is the rather unusual 13-story pagoda. Pagodas are of course Buddhist, and this was a t...

Upon arriving at Tondo matsuri the first thing to do is get a drink of Kappo Zake, sake poured into a piece of bamboo that is then heated ...

Yesterday was Tondo Matsuri over in Tanijyugo. A fire festival traditionally held on the first new moon of the year. On the bonfire are plac...