More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

The next chapter in my photo galleries of kawara, Japanese rooftiles. All of these exhibit the aesthetics of old kawara... ...

Tanegaike Dragon The Bentengu is a shrine to Benzaiten on the shore of Tanegaike, a small lake close to the sand dunes in Tottori. Though ...

Washibara Hachimangu is a couple of kilometers outside of the town center of Tsuwano, so doesnt get as many visitors, which is a shame a...

The local railways station, (5 trains a day in each direction) is a small wooden structure that is home to a colony of swallows. From late s...

This is the draincover for the town of Oasa in the mountains of northern Hiroshima. Its where we usually get on and off the expressway when ...

Sometimes written Gurin Gurin, Grin Grin Park opened in 2005 on Island City, the artificial island in Hakata bay. A series of connected form...

Up with the dawn on the roof of Hotel Ali to watch Marrakesh wake up. The restaurant with arched windows in the left of the photo was blown ...

The kunisaki Peninsular in northern Kyushu is home to a huge number of stone buddhist statues. many are created by craftsmen and many are &q...

Its possible to drive up to Taikodani Inari Shrine in Tsuwano, but its better to walk up through the more than 1,000 torii that make a tunne...

Skinks are skittish creatures as well as being fast movers, but this guy got trapped inside a plastic bucket so I was able to photograph him...