More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

The Museum of Contemporary Art in the tiny town of Nagi in Okayama is a unique collaboration between architect and artist. The building ent...

Kenkun Shrine, also known as Takeisao Shrine, is located on a small hill, Funaoka Yama, in the northeast of Kyoto. With its roofs of cedar b...

This is the manhole cover for Nishinoshima, one of the islands that make up the Oki Islands. I know a squid is not a fish, but its close eno...

The Seamark Building is located on Island City, a man-made island in Hakata Bay. It houses various offices and a "Cyber University...

The Kunisaki peninsular is home to an uncountable number of buddhist statues, mostly made of stone. Some are by the roadside, and some are i...

Though it is located on the mainland of Nagasaki Prefecture, Tabira is included in the island Hirado. Like many other churches in Nagasaki i...

The shrine is tucked away a little to the west of Shimogamo Shrine, though it was originally located on the bank of the Kamo River nearby. T...

Nagi is a very small town in the mountains of Okayama Prefecture that is home to a very unusual Museum Of Contemporary Art.   The museum ...

Shimogamo Shrine is a major shrine complex in Kyoto and a UNESCO World heritage site. The proper name is Kamomioya Shrine, and Shimogamo me...