More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  The Kannondo was constructed in 1737 although it was repaired and rebuilt several times with the current building dating to 1917. The arch...

  Minakata Kamagusu was a Japanese eccentric and maverick who is considered by some to be Japan's first environmentalist. The house he l...

  The Tenkodo was the second of the Chinese shrines built within the walls of Tojin Yashiki, the compound that confined Chinese merchants an...

  Boxing Day, December 26th, 2015, and I set off on the third day of my walk along the Shodoshima Pilgrimage. Its another glorious day of bl...

  Tojin Yashiki was the walled and gated compound that housed Chinese merchants and sailors in Nagasaki between 1689 and 1859. The Dutch had...

  Early August, 2014, and I set off from my hotel and start the fifth day of my walk along the Chugoku Kannon Pilgrimage. I will walk north ...

  By the 17th century there were Chinese settlements all over Kyushu engaged in trade. In 1635 the Japanese government restricted all trade ...