More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Located just a stones throw from the main station in Miyazaki City is the Miyazaki Science Center, easily visible by the rocket standing...

Black Eared Kites are by far the most common raptor found in Japan and they can be found especially along rivers and coastlines. Iv...

Chokyuji Temple is at the base of a small hill called Horaisan in Miyazaki City. I visited it on the 22nd day of my walk along the Kyush...

Though there was reputed to have been a culling of some of the more useless cute mascots that threaten to outnumber the humans in Japan,...

Early in the morning of my 22nd day walking around Kyushu I visited Konsenji in the Maruyama district of downtown Miyazaki City. It...

Looking up from the center of the floor at the Seirei Hall of the Nichiren temple on top of Nose Myokensan. The altar to the Bodisa...

Miyazaki Jingu is a shrine set in large, wooded grounds a little north of central Miyazaki City. It enshrines the mythical first em...

I've posted photos of the works of Shimane born architect Shin Takamatsu quite a few times. I do like his work and there are a lot o...

In the grounds around Miyazaki Jingu Shrine is the Prefectural Museum of Natute & History, and in its grounds is the Minka-en, an op...

Shoryuji is one of the temples that was most probably founded by Kobo Daishi. He named it after one of the temples he studied at when he...