More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Entsuji is a small Soto Zen temple on a hillside near Kurashiki. It is the 7th temple on the Chugoku Kannon Pilgrimage and also number 17 ...

  Hizen Hamashuku, now a part of Kashima City in Saga, lies along the Hama River. On the north bank of the river, along what was in the Edo ...

  Sometimes referred to as a folklore museum, sometimes a local history museum, the Yokota  Museum is housed in a traditional thatched farmh...

  Sunday February 16th 2014 I head off in the dark as I have a long distance to cover before I reach the room I've booked in Kashima t...

Nakane Samurai Residence The castle town of Kitsuki in Oita is yet another of the small towns in Japan that have chosen to label themselves ...