More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

As well as the main ceremony at the Shunki Taisai there were several other ceremonies going on during the day. In one of the secondary shrin...

Yesterday was the Grand Spring Festival down in Tsuwano at the Taikodani Inari Shrine. Before the main ceremony could begin the miko assiste...

Mefu Shrine is yet another shrine in Matsue that is listed in the 8th Century Izumo Fudoki which means it was in existence for about 1,000 y...

Going in through the front entrance of ACROS, one enters a huge atrium lit by by the semi-circular skylight that protrudes through the roof....

After exploring Yahata it was time to head to Fukuoka, but first I spent a quick hour revisiting Kokura. Around the castle moat the cherry b...

Usually for my ongoing series on Japanese manhole covers I post a design and then show photos of the subject, but sometimes the designs are ...

I am not usually a huge fan of photos of the sexual organs of flowers, but today I make an exception. Yesterday we visited Daikon Island in ...

Not only was Thursday Childrens Day and the Kawado Childrens Matsuri, but also the annual Kawado Suijin Matsuri. Following the ceremony in ...

Thursday was the annual Childrens Matsuri acroos the river in Kawado. As well as a small mikoshi, the kids pull a small float of a family of...