More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

There are more "cute" mascots per capita in Japan than anywhere else on the world by far. Last year a serious culling took pla...

I made a start on walking the Kyushu Fudo MyoO Pilgrimage, and the night before I set out I stayed in Nakatsu. That evening I went for a...

Fumon-in, number 19 of the 108 temples on the Kyushu Pilgrimage I was walking was very hard to find. Just after sunrise I walked al...

At various times in my life I have lived in places where I could view either the sunrise or sunset. For some years before moving to Japa...

Nakatsu Castle is the main feature of the design on Nakatsu Citys draincover in Oita, Kyushu. Considered on of the 3 great ...

Honyabakei is a small town south of Nakatsu in Oita Prefecture. in 2005 the town was merged with Nakatsu. The draincover depicts Yab...