More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

So, it's Friday evening and the rain has not stopped for more than 24 hours. But now the winds pick up. But first, a little about the ra...

I reach the temple about 10. Its taken me 4 hours to climb the 6 kilometers. About halfway from the gate to the main buildings the rain sudd...

Talas I've been somewhat erratic with posting recently as I have started to walk the Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage. For various reasons ...

They're back!!! We hadn't seen hide nor hair of the monkeys for about three months, then last week I was sitting at my computer an...

Something Ive only seen a few times, and always on the Pacific Coast, is plaster used, Im guessing, to hold the rooftiles together. I...

This is the draincover for the town of Shichirui, now part of Mihonoseki, amalgamated with Matsue. The design depicts the ferry that run...

Starting this weekend and running for 2 weeks is a sand sculpture event on the beach in front of Aquas. The theme is Iwami kagura. On ...

Grin Grin, or Gurin Gurin, or Green Green is a park and greenhouse complex on Island City, a man-made island in Hakata Bay. Its plann...

In the afternoon the weather brightened up a bit and we went to the Majorelle Gardens. Jacques Majorelle was a French painter who move...

For Obon we went upriver a little ways to Imbara, part of Kawamoto Town, to check out their matsuri. There was kagura performed by the loc...