Chion-in
On a rainy day paying a visit to the inland gate.
Historical
Greeting Matsue
Just a quick touching base, wishing to return again …
Ninja Dera
Ninja Dera (Ninja Temple) or formally known as Myoryuji Temple …
Wooden Lattice Houses and Streets
Higashichaya, Nishichaya and Kazuemachi are the three traditional entertainment districts in Kanazawa.
Ame Ame Ame
A Candy Store where Decades or Centuries meet …
A House in Higashi Chaya
exploring one of the houses in the area …
HIMEJI WAR MEMORIAL
… to commemorate the casualties of aerial bombing during World War II and to appease the spirits of people who died in air raids all over Japan …
TO THE SILVERMINE (Ikuno)
Hidden in the mountains of Hyogo Prefecture there is the old Ikuno silver mine. Visiting the site and crawling in its dark tunnels unearths memories of times long gone by.
A NOBLEMAN’S HOUSE
Faint echoes of something at the reconstructed Hosokawa residence near the castle …
THE GINKGO CASTLE
Remains of the day and reconstructed memories. The dark castle in the South.
Nagasaki International Club
and Tomisaburo Kuraba
GLOVER GARDEN
In Memory of the Glovers (and the Nagasaki Foreign Settlement during the late Edo, Meiji Period and its echoes in the Taisho Period)
Looking for Siebold
Up, up the hill … lies a villa, behind bushes of hydrangeas …
Nuclear Memories
Visiting the Center of Nuclear Rememberance
Nagasaki Peace Memorial
Wordless at the Memorial Park
Glancing at the Negoroji
A brief visit to this temple complex that is surrounded by the sacred mountains of Katsuragi.
Living the Future
An exhibition dedicated to Fukuzawa Yukichi, author, translator, educator, entrepreneur and one of the intellectual founding fathers of modern Japan.
