Sam's Stories

A quaint hotsprings resort village only a short MRT trip from Taipei Beitou hot spring is more of a small neighborhood along the MRT than...

The annual festival to appease the river spirits in Nagai city, Yamagata Prefecture Japan The Black Lion festival is an annual festival...

The Hokkaido snow festival is one of the most famous annual traditions of Japan, and visiting the snow festival was high on my list of...

A shrine to life, and to the mountains The Kumano Taisha shrine of Nanyo is one of those rare, cultural treasures of historical value...

My visit to the traditional post town of Ouchi Juku and to Tsurugu Castle during sakura blossom season.

A visit to the famous mountain temple-complex of Yamadera. Located in Yamagata prefecture, northern Japan.