More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  The Azumako Falls are located on the Kurose River as it heads south through Higashihiroshima. It is not a very deep waterfall, with a 15 m...

  The Urauchi River is the longest river in Okinawa Prefecture, and it is found on Iriomote Island, the largest of the Yaeyama Islands. As O...

  Japan is quite famous for the variety of brightly colored and diverse designs of its manhole and drain covers. I used to regularly post on...

At Sogi Falls in the mountains of Kagoshima around Isa City the fall colors were in full swing. A big park is there and that was where I...

Ranking up there with a bullet train in front of Mount Fuji, a geisha in Gion, a tunnel of torii at Fushimi Inari, and sunset at the flo...

The promised rain arrived during the night and when I set off next morning it was a little showery, but luckily it soon stopped. My fi...

Down below Yaeyama Shrine the valley leads up to Yaeyama Waterfall, a popular area even though it is remote. There is a big car park a...