More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Shufuan Shufuan was built in 1781 as a residence by Hirose Gekka, a haiku poet and member of the wealthy, local merchant family of Hiro...

Funatama Shrine This post covers the rest of my third day walking along the Kumano Kodo as part of the Saigoku Pilgrimage that follows the s...

  Ohori Park in central Fukuoka is a large park built around a large pond ( or small lake) It was built between 1926 and 29 and modeled on t...

Mukai-an Temple Christmas Eve, 2015, was fast drawing to a close, and I still had three more temples to visit on the route back to my ryokan...

Sake 酒 Just about every town in Japan, large or small, has at least one sake brewery. In Hita the biggest, Kuncho Shuzo Sake Brewery is loca...

ACROS ACROS stands for Asian CRossroads Over the Sea, and houses an auditorium, conference centre, and numerous offices. It was opened in 19...

Kumenan Kamo Shrine is the collective name given to the pair of famous shrines in the north of Kyoto, Kamigamo, and Shimogamo. This branch s...