More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Yakumo Honjin 八雲本陣 The Yakumo Honjin is a former wealthy merchant's house from the Edo Period located on the south shore of Lake Shinji ...

Kumadaniji Temple 熊谷寺 The Tahoto, two-storied pagoda, at Kumadaniji Temple. Built in 1701, it is an Important Cultural property of Tokushima...

Izushi 出石町 Izushi is a small town, now part of Toyooka City, in northern Hyogo that was in earlier times home to a castle/ The ruins of the ...

Museums of Hita 日田市 Whisky Museum I visited Hita, a small, historic town near the border of Fukuoka in Oita, several times, the first being ...

Kamano Beach Kamano Beach is immediately adjacent to Fukumitsu Beach , but is separated from it by a rocky promontory. To get to it the road...

Yakatabune, Mimuka River The Mikuma River flows through Hita, in the mountains of Oita near the border with Fukuoka, and has been a transpor...

Kannonzaka Kannondo Temple After leaving Myo-on-ji Temple and it's amazing collection of statues , we headed on along the Sasaguri pilg...

Japan Guide Enshiro is a small, two-story building built in 1849 as a study. It is one of only two buildings remaining from the Edo Period p...