More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  In October 2009 the Russian sail training ship Nadehzda was making a courtesy visit to Hamada Port and was open to the public Walking back...

Tadaji, an old temple in the hills outside Hamada has a rather strange collection of wooden statues in their main hall. They were f...

Lines of red torii placed so close together they form a tunnel are a common sight throughout Japan. The most famous and most photograp...

The eighth, and what turned out to be the last, matsuri for me in October was at Sano, a village up in the mountains behind Hamada. It was m...

Here in Shimane we have more museums and galleries per capita than any other Prefecture bar one. This may partially be due to the continued ...

Stopped by the Hamada Childrens Art Museum to check out the latest exhibit, owing much to Christo methinks. The building is covered with 53,...

Today is a National Holiday in Japan in celebration of the Emperor's birthday. Actually his correct title is "Tenno" which tra...

At 599m, Taima-San (Hemp Mountain) is the highest coastal mountain in the Hamada area. Among the many antennae and towers that bristle from ...

The 109 metre sail-training ship NADEZHDA out of Vladivostock is making a courtesy visit to Hamada this weekend. When we got there on Sunday...