An outsider artist is here in Akan, Hokkaido. Shigechan made his private paradise on the east side of the northern country in 2010. He created unique characters like a gourd man, floating frog heads...
An outsider artist is here in Akan, Hokkaido. Shigechan made his private paradise on the east side of the northern country in 2010. He created unique characters like a gourd man, floating frog heads...
It exists under Route 16, which is the most famous and most congested beltway in the metropolitan area. I went there in the summer of 2011. It is a huge...
When I watched some late-night talk show, I saw an owl that could transform himself to be plump or slender. It was so cute that I wanted to take pictures of his...
There are so many stone collectors in the world. However, few people know the matchless stone collector, Mr. Syouji Hayama. He picked up so many human-faced stones all around Chichibu. He...
As you know, the big izakaya restaurant chain, Yourou-no-taki group, has so many Japanese-style pubs all around Japan. The founder of this huge company, Toukichirou Kinoshita (this is his second name...
This is the orthodox fake art museum in Naruto, Tokushima. What does the “orthodox fake” museum mean? All exhibits in this museum are reproductions on porcelain plates...
There are two places in Japan where we can enjoy the majestic scenery of the Giant Moai Statues in a single row. One is at Sun Messe Nichinan in Miyazaki and the other is here at the Takino...
As you know, there is a huge Japanese castle built by Hideyoshi Toyotomi in the center of Osaka City. It’s called “Osaka-Jo”. But few people know that a barbershop owner...
You can see the most beautiful garbage disposal site on Maishima Island, Osaka. There are so many people who go to Universal Studios Japan near the plant, but only a few enthusiasts...
Ushiku-Daibutsu – The World’s Tallest Giant Buddha It holds the world record- the bronze buddha in Ushiku, Ibaraki. It took seven years to build Ushiku Giant Buddha, the world’s...
Hashima Island – Gunkan Jima (visited in April, 2006) It was a spring morning in 2006, I was on the quay wall of the island off the coast of Nomozaki, Nagasaki. Hashima Island was very famous...