More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

This is the manhole cover from the town of Yasugi, east of Matsue in Shimane. It shows a dancer dancing the Dojou Sukui. Doujo are small eel...

Iki Iki Matsuri This weekend was the local "Lively" Festival (Iki Iki Matsuri). The highlight on the second day was the parade....

The population of the village has doubled in the past few days. This is O Bon, somewhat similar to the Mexican Day of the Dead, the time tha...

Yesterday was the Houranenya Matsuri in Gotsu Honmachi, the old town of Gotsu at the mouth of the Gonokawa. Before the procession started a ...