More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Toyooka Storks Oriental White Storks, konotori in Japanese, used to be widespread around Japan. The last one died in Toyooka in 1971. It see...

  Floating Torii are the torii gates placed in water marking the approach to a shrine from the water. They are found in lakes and the sea an...

  The Genbudo Caves are not really caves, but are nonetheless intriguing geological phenomena. They are cliffs of basalt formed into columns...

  Mugiwara Zaiku is a traditional type of craft that nowadays is practiced in just one location in Japan, Kinosaki Onsen in northern Hyogo. ...

  Gokurakuji Temle is a Rinzai Zen temple tucked away down a back lane in Kinosaki Onsen and is hardly visited by most visitors to the town....

  Gokurakuji Temple is hidden away in a corner of Kinosaki Onsen and is barely visited by the majority of visitors to the resort town, who w...