A blog about Japan. Showing you a bit of this beautiful country through my camera lens.
Through my lens
Japan decrypted
My interests
Japanese towns
Kango shuraku – moated villages
Jōbō-sei – grid pattern capitals
Jinaimachi – temple towns
Jōkamachi – castle towns
Shukubamachi – post towns
Monzenmachi – pilgrim towns
Matsuri – Japanese festivals
Galleries
Castles
Ema votive tablets
2012 Year of the Dragon
2013 Year of the Snake
Food
Places
Street posters
Trains
Jōkamachi – castle towns
城下町（じょうかまち） literally a town beneath a castle
