More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Sengan-en was the summer estate and gardens of the Shimazu Clan who ruled over what is know called Kagoshima. It is located north of dow...

The noise of my neighbours in the forest behind my house yesterday has prompted me to post some photos of some of them. earlier posts ha...

Masks of Ishigaki Ishigaki is a small island that is part of what is now Okinawa, though it is much closer to Taiwan than to the main is...

I did post on this topic many years ago, but as my older posts no longer have photos I thought I would post a revised version. Located i...

For the 4th day of my walk around the Kunisaki Peninsula in northern Kyushu, I spent all day exploring the castle town of Kitsuki. I s...

Near the waterfront in downtown Kagoshima I came across this rather futuristic-looking building. It houses a plastic surgery clinic...

Mount Kannomine, 425 meters above the sea on Osaki Kamijima in the Inland Sea, is the highest poinbt on the island and where I chose to ...

Daikanji is a small, urban temple, number 45 on the 108 temple Kyushu Pilgrimage which I visited on the 30th day of my walk. It is a con...

By lunchtime of my second day walking along the Shimanami Kaido that connects Honshu with Shikoku via six islands it was time to cross o...

While I was in Kagoshima I took the opportunity to visit the Inamori Auditorium on the campus of Kagoshima University. It was built in 1...