More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

I recently came across this unusual draincover up near Oda City. There is a kind of primitive, folk-art aspect to it. Up in Yas...

It seems to have been a short, cool, and wet autumn this year.... early this morning while driving back from a friends place up...

Compared to some countries Japan does not have a great diversity of landscapes. The first place  I visited in Japan that struck me as ...

Here it is, almost 2013, and I'm still posting photos from my vacation to Morocco in 2011... Day 21, the penultimate day of...

I couldn't resist posting some more photos from my recent night on Mount Sanbe. The earlier posts are here and here ... ...

heading off for a few days in the mountains again so I thought I would post some pics from a recent trip sleeping out on top of a moun...

Misumi Power Station, owned by Chugoku Power Company, is where we get most of our electricity from. It can generate 1,000,000 K...

Temple 17, Idoji, was founded under orders of Emperor Temmu in the 7th Century. The main deity is Yakushi, the healing Buddha, ...

On Sunday 21st October we went to the Omoto Matsuri up in the small settlement of Yudani. It is a small settlement, getting smaller. O...