Crossing the Seto-Ohashi

The Seto-Ohashi bridge connects Okayama and Kagawa prefectures across five islands in the Inland Sea. It took ten years and cost $7 billion to build, and opened for traffic on April 10 1988. At 13.1 km long, it ranks as the world's longest two-tiered bridge system.

Welcoming the Boar - a Japanese New Year

January 7th 2007
In the Japanese zodiac 2007 is the Year of the Boar (Inoshishi). I spent the New Year with a couple of different friends that I had met the first time I was in Japan, and their families. It had been three years since I had seen one friend and his wife, and five years since I had seen the other friend and her family, but in both cases it was as though it had only been about a month. ... read more

Asia » Japan » Kagawa » Takamatsu

In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more

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