Travel – Page 2 – Japanese History and Culture

Jigokudani, Noboribetsu, Hokkaido.

This is one of four Jigoku regions I have been to, so you can say I have been to hell

This blog kinda overlaps with my other articles on the Shimabara Rebellion and Hara Castle Ruins. You can find them

On the Honshu side of the Kanmon Straits are the ruins of one of the old Choshu Han (now Shimonoseki)

Hi, how is everyone? I have a bit of free time today at the shop so I had a look

Well, spring has come and gone for 2020, here in Japan. Everyday passes by so quickly one often forgets how

Hello everyone and Happy New Year! Just a quick post to say thank you to my followers. Last year was

Mysterious Kunisaki Peninsula, Oita Prefecture, Kyushu The Kunisaki Peninsula in Oita is one of those rare regions in Japan that

I finally got around to editing the photos from my trip to Oita earlier this year. Here is Nakatsu castle.

A little while ago when I lived in Mihara in Hiroshima I had the opportunity to see a beautiful sunset.

Last May a friend of mine (Audrey) from Australia came to Fukuoka and we had a chance to meet up

Ikedaya Incident The Ikedaya Incident, in which members of the Shinsengumi attacked and killed anti-Tokugawa activists thwarting their supposed plans

Thankyou to the new people who have followed me. I hope you can enjoy Japan as much as I do.

Yoshinogari is a a large moated town from the Yayoi Period (300BC-300AD). The Yoshinogari Yayoi ruins were found in 1986

I have been to the Sapporo Beer factory a few times but the mission was always to eat as much

I visited Akizuki castle ruins last Thursday. It was a nice drive from Fukuoka. The region of Asakura city quite