More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Tsuyama Castle 津山城 Tsuyama castle, in the mountains of Okayama prefecture, is not a very well-known castle, but during the Edo period it wa...

Ishigaki 石垣島 Ishigaki Island is officially part of Okinawa, though it lies closer to Taiwan than to the main island of Okinawa. It is one of...

Space World Space World was a big amusement park in Kitakyushu built around the theme of space. It opened in 1990 on land that had formerl...

Frosty Flora 28 November, 2012, I started the fifth, and final, day of my Autumn walk exploring the Kunisaki peninsula are of Oita in Kyus...

Fujii Shuzo Sake Brewery Takehara At the northern end of the historic district of Takehara in Hiroshima is the former sake brewery of Fujii...

Iwami Hachimangu Iwami Hachimangu is the largest of a cluster of 4 shrines lined up at the base of the small mountain that used to have a ...

Museum of Art Kochi On the 16th day of my walk along the Ohenro pilgrimage of Shikoku, I left my hotel near Kochi Station and headed south...