This is the concluding excerpt from a book to be published by Stone Bridge in Novemer 2023 entitled Off the Beaten Tracks in Japan. It concerns the kamikaze museum at Chiran, on the way between the most southerly manned … Read the rest
Category: Kyushu (Page 1 of 5)
This is part of an ongoing series about travelling the length of Japan by train, and consists of passages with a Shinto or spiritual flavour. They are extracted from a longer book version due to be published by Stone Bridge … Read the rest
This is part of an ongoing series about travelling the length of Japan by train, and consists of passages with a Shinto or spiritual flavour. They are extracted from a … Read the rest
The small town of Shimabara has an unmanned station, yet the town boasts two major attractions. One is a castle, and the other a samurai district. In its heyday the district boasted 690 … Read the rest
The first time I visited Nagasaki, I remember standing on Glover Hill admiring the panorama. The view was exhilarating. Down below were cranes, wharfs and ocean-going ships. At the foot of the hill was a Catholic Church, and behind me … Read the rest
Hirado is a little gem. The small town of 31,000 has a port overlooked by a castle, and in the past had important continental connections. Tucked into Kyushu’s northwest corner, it is mostly neglected by tourists because of its remoteness.… Read the rest
These extracts are part of an ongoing series from a forthcoming book about travelling from the most northerly station in Japan to the most southerly.
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Kunchi refers to … Read the rest