Aug 10, 2023Sake and Food#152 Mameyoshi Tofu RestaurantTabuse Cho, Yamaguchi Ken On a hill overlooking the Seto Inland Sea, this Tofu restaurant has been our family favorite for many years. ...
Aug 9, 2023Event#151 New Year Mochi at Iwaya GongenYamaguchi Ken, Suo Oshima At "Iwaya Gongen" , there is a huge rock with four large cedars tied with a sacred rope with a cave underneath....
Aug 8, 2023Nature and Other#150 Sunrise at Itsukushima JinjaSuo Oshima, Yamaguchi Ken Praying for the New Year sunrise at Itsukushma Shrine, Otsumi, Suo Oshima. A branch of the famous Itsukushima...
Aug 7, 2023Yamaguchi Ken#149 Himi no Daibutsu Yamaguchi Ken, Suo Oshima The great Buddha of Himi was discovered in the sea of the Himi village and now seated inside the Daibutsu Do...
Aug 6, 2023Nature and Other#148 Museum of Japanese Emigration to HawaiiSuo Oshima Cho, Yamaguchi Ken During the Meiji era (1885-1894), Suo Oshima sent 3,913 people to Hawaii. Many people from Suo Oshima went...
Aug 4, 2023Structure#147 Gokurakuji and Janoike pondHatsukaichi Shi, Hiroshima Ken Gokuraku-ji Temple is an ancient temple with a long history that is said to have been founded in 731 by...
Aug 3, 2023Nature and Other#146 Ikedaya Yasubei ShotenToyama Shi, Toyama Ken Ikedaya Yasubei Shoten (池田屋安兵衛商店) is an old medicine shop in downtown Toyama City that practices traditional...
Aug 2, 2023Performance#145 Owara Kaze no Bon FestivalYatsuo Area, Toyama Ken Held every year from September 1 to 3 in Yatsuo, Toyama, Japan. Kaze-no-Bon literally translates to "Bon Dance of...