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Kyōto’s Higashiyama district is an area I’ve grown rather fond of, and quite familiar with, through my regular visits to… READ MORE
I’d been to Nagoya Castle a couple of times already, but there was something in particular that I was itching… READ MORE
I’ve developed a habit of returning to my favourite places in Japan every now and then: partly to ensconce myself… READ MORE
I’ve mentioned before how some of Japan’s long-destroyed Edo Period castles are now being reconstructed using historically faithful materials and… READ MORE
In my previous post, we saw some of the splendid buildings that the town of Uchiko was endowed with by… READ MORE
The town of Uchiko, in Japan’s Ehime Prefecture, once enjoyed great prosperity from the production of sumac wax. Although the… READ MORE
There are just twelve original castles remaining in Japan, four of which are on the island of Shikoku. I visited… READ MORE
I’m no stranger to Okayama, or its castle, or its magnificent garden. And there’s certainly a lot that one can… READ MORE
I’m not an admirer of the Forty-seven Rōnin. I’ve done a fair bit of research on this famous 18th-century tale… READ MORE
"People ask me what I do in the winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."
~ Rogers Hornsby
