From big city hustle to forested ryokans (traditional Japanese inns,) Japan has it all. Japan is a mix of the old and the new. Though wars and earthquakes have been destructive, Japan has rebuilt itself in the styles of the past and the modern. Here, you find people living in modern housing and traveling on […]
During my recent trip to Japan, I photographed a number of castles and museums. Of the former, there were pictures of: (1) Himeji Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage site, (originally built in 1333) – the white “Egret” Castle, one of the top three castles in Japan; (2) Tokyo’s Imperial Palace – formally the site of […]
Mt. Rainier doesn’t get the glory it deserves. It may not be the grandest nor the tallest mountain in the U.S. National Park Service. In its Pacific Northwest home, often it is overlooked by Mt. Saint Helens, (a volcano like Mt. Rainier,) Olympic National Park, (sub-alpine like Rainier, but also Pacific Ocean coastline, plus tropical […]