More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  After leaving the Hachimangu Shrine I pass by the small beach at Sufu before heading over a little rise and dropping into the wide curving...

  Kikugahama Beach runs from the castle ruins at the base of Mount Shizuki to the port not far from the mouth of the Matsumoto River. Offsho...

  Up before the sun on the longest day of the year, I left my beach  campsite and started up towards Taisha. Looking back up the beach towar...

  I have a personal tradition of trying to sleep out on the night of the summer solstice. My preferred location is a mountaintop with 360-de...