More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Kagamiyama Tenmangu is hidden away on a large hillside right next to Route 9 as it passes through central Hamada. It is reached through a na...

Nowadays Japanese farmers rely heavily on chemical pesticides on their crops, but before such things were available they turned to the world...

Miyajima, the popular tourist destination in the Inland Sea near Hiroshima City is home to many deer. Since ancient times the island has bee...

Tsunozu's Otoshi shrine is in the old part of the village where a maze of alleys and narrow roads and traditional houses are still maint...

The main terminal building at Kansai International Airport opened in 1994. Designed by Renzo Piano, its designed in the shape of a wing. Bui...

The rice harvest has been underway for a few weeks now. Mostly it's done on weekends or holidays, as most rice farmers have full time jo...

Tenjin is known as the kami of scholarship. If you want help to pass exams you go to a Tenjin shrine. Originally Sugawara no Michizane, a hi...

This draincover is from the island of Ama, one of the Oki Islands lying off the coast of Shimane. It depicts 2 villagers dancing at the annu...

Splendid Monarchy Power & Pageantry in Modern Japan T. Fujitani University of California Press ISBN 0-520-21371-8 305 pp The Meiji Resto...

Looking into the eye of a whale..... a Mountain Whale,..... which is also known as inoshishi,.... a wild boar. It was called mountain whale ...