More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

After exploring Yahata it was time to head to Fukuoka, but first I spent a quick hour revisiting Kokura. Around the castle moat the cherry b...

Usually for my ongoing series on Japanese manhole covers I post a design and then show photos of the subject, but sometimes the designs are ...

I am not usually a huge fan of photos of the sexual organs of flowers, but today I make an exception. Yesterday we visited Daikon Island in ...

Not only was Thursday Childrens Day and the Kawado Childrens Matsuri, but also the annual Kawado Suijin Matsuri. Following the ceremony in ...

Thursday was the annual Childrens Matsuri acroos the river in Kawado. As well as a small mikoshi, the kids pull a small float of a family of...

Today is Children's Day, and for the past week or so the koinobori , carp streamers, have been flying around Japan. Our local Chamb...

Suetsugu Shrine is located on the shore of Lake Shinji right next to the main bridge coming into Matsue, though as the shrine is listed in t...

From the back and the sides ACROS looks like many other glass and steel buildings, though with an unusual stepped structure. From the front ...

It promises to be a dry day today so I have to get out and whack the weeds around the house and garden. With the warmer weather and the abun...