More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Saga Castle Palace The Saga Castle History Museum is housed in one of the biggest wooden reconstructions in Japan. When I first visited ...

Arata Isozaki 1933 - 2022 The famous Japanese architect Arata Isozaki passed away on December 28th, 2022. Born in Oita, Kyushu, in 1933, he...

Saga Castle Saga Castle is not a well-known castle, but it is unusual in several respects. It is a flatland castle, hirajiro in Ja panese. I...

Saga Manholes While walking from Kurume to Saga on day 56 of my walk along the Ky ushu  pilgrimage I took sna ps of any manhole covers I enc...

Ryuo-in Temple 60 Kyushu Ryuo-in was established in 1965 and enshrines Fudo Myo, with this large, colorful statue of Fudo at the entrance on...

Happy New Year of the Water Rabbit Best wishes to everybody for the coming new year of the rabbit. The Chinese, and hence, the Japanese dati...

Chirikuhachimangu Just a cou ple of hundred metres from a Hachiman Shrine adjacent to the Nanagi Fudoson Tem ple was the entrance to a much...

Nanagi Jizoson Not far from Dainichi-Ji I came u pon a small tem ple with many visitors even though it was early in the morning. A p parentl...