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.

The third great unifier of Japan and the man who's life inspired the show, shogun My visit to the mausoleum of Tokugawa Ieyasu was,...

My journey to Mt. Hiei, the headquarters of the Tendai sect and once the most important temple in Japan.

A visit to Koyasan, the headquarters of the Shingon Buddhist sect of Japan

I drove to the city of Ise from Magome, after finishing my tour of the Nakasendo trail. It was a fairly long drive, through open...

My visit to the Nakasendo trail and the various Edo-era villages preserved there, including: Magome-Juku, Narai-Juku, and Tsumego.

Reflections on the nature of Sakura season and the cherry blossoms in Japan.

A description of my visit to Miyagi Zao Fox village in Japan, including some discussion of the Inari fox spirits in Japanese culture.

A Visit to the Japanese Coastline On Saturday, I undertook my longest roadtrip yet through the Japanese countryside. Beginning in Nagai,...