Fukuoka ain’t just a big modern city - peer into the backstreets and you can find a lot of beautiful temples and shrines…

An account of a day spent in a little-visited part of Kyoto that is full of gorgeous temples…

More photos from the small but historically-rich town of Saijo near Hirohima…

A photographic record of a day out in the historic town of Saijo near Hiroshima…

A photographic record of a stroll around Hiroshima’s coastal oasis, Ujina…

A photographic record of a day out to Saijo, a small sake-brewing town in Hiroshima Prefecture…

Photos from a day trip to the crumbling coastal town of Onomichi in Japan

I attempt the tricky art of bird photography with all the wrong gear…