More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  Ikuta Shrine is the most important shrine in Sannomiya, part of Kobe in Hyogo. It was the third-ranked shrine in the province, the sannomi...

I was in Hiroshima's Shukkeien gardens last spring and a couple were having their wedding photos taken there. I'm not usually very c...

I was down in Hiroshima earlier this week and while I was wandering around Shukkeien, the well-known Japanese garden near the castle, I saw ...