More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  A Walk Around Kyushu Day 57 Saga to Takeo Onsen Saturday February 15th 2014 Back in Saga to begin the next leg of my pilgrimage walk a...

  Chibu is the smallest and the southernmost of the 4 inhabited islands in the Oki Islands in the Sea of Ja pan off the north coast of Shima...

  The Nishonomaru Garden at Wakayama castle is more commonly known by the name Momijidani Teien because of the large number of ma p les that...

Around the Next Bend This is the 5th post in my new series that explores the Gonokawa River, the longest in West Japan, as I walk up the rig...

Lafcadio Hearn's House & Gardens Lafcadio Hearn was one of the first foreign writers in Japan whose books are still very popular tod...

  The former Nagaoka Family farmhouse is located in Mima on the north bank of the Yoshino River in Tokushima on Shikoku. It was built in the...

Sukyoji Temple Gardens Sukyoji is a Rinzai Zen temple located in Izushi castle town and was founded in 1392. The temple is often called Tak...