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Field Report: A cliffside walk at Tōjinbō, Fukui Prefecture, Japan (29 June 2015)
Diego heads off to visit one of Fukui Prefecture’s natural treasures: a special place with blue skies above, a wind-furrowed sea below, and long stretches of jagged grey rock in between.
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Field Report: An old castle’s new look in Himeji, Japan (28 June 2015)
Diego’s castle obsession draws him back to an old favourite, fresh out of wraps after a half-decade-long restoration programme.
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Field Report: From Manila, Philippines to Kyōto, Japan (27 June 2015)
If there’s one thing that’s certain about my relationship with Japan, it’s this: you can’t keep me away for very long. Thus begins the tale of my eighth journey to the Land Whence the Sun Rises, stretching from late June to mid-July 2015. (By the way, I hope you’ll pardon the slightly refashioned rendering of…
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Field Report: Cherry blossoms and castle ruins in Fukuoka, Japan (28 March 2015)
Every spring, the ruined enceintes of Fukuoka Castle take on a special blush of beauty, with the bare branches of its flowering cherry trees stirring magnificently into life.
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Field Report: Old buildings and new blossoms in Fukuoka, Japan (28 March 2015)
It might come as a surprise to many of us – as it certainly did to me – that the very first Zen temple founded in Japan isn’t located somewhere in the ancient imperial streets of Kyōto or the time-hallowed precincts of Nara, but right in the bustling downtown of Fukuoka.
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