More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  The Hamada River curves around the hill topped by the ruins of Hamada Castle before entering a narrow inlet with a narrow opening into the...

  On the southern slopes of Mount Taima can be found the Murodani Rice Terraces. In 1999 they became classified as one of the top 100 rice t...

  Tomonoura is now a fairly decent-sized harbour filled with small fishing boats. Walking around the small town, glimpses of the hatbour dow...

  Tamashima is an area in the western part of Kurashiki City in Okayama that gets virtually no tourists, but yet is intriguing and with some...