The fire power of the Japan Self-Defense Forces was on show at the annual Komatsu Air Base Festival last month in Ishikawa Prefecture.
September
17
Summer in the city – Osaka
posted by Claire Usmar
Some of the views around town that I enjoyed this past summer in Osaka as the sun went down.
September
07
Australian Flashback – RM Williams Muster Longreach, the Queensland Outback
posted by Claire Usmar
This time last year I was sitting ringside as the best stockmen and stockwomen in Australia competed in the annual RM Williams Muster in Longreach, the central hub of the Outback in Queensland. Wish I was there again!
July
24
Japan’s best Whisky – Nikka Whisky Distillery, Hokkaido.
posted by Claire Usmar
If you’re fond of a Scotch tipple, venture to Yoichi near Sapporo in Hokkaido to visit the Nikka Whisky Distillery, winner of the 2015 World Whiskies Award for best blended malt whisky. Wondering how authentic Scotch-style Whisky came to be in Japan? Look no further than the founder Masataka Taketsuru’s wife, the good Scottish lass […]
July
17
Sunset over a green glass sea – Ishikawa Prefecture
posted by Claire Usmar
Mother nature’s finest show.
June
30
Making soba noodles
posted by Claire Usmar
Fresh soba noodles – one of Japan’s finest culinary delights.
June
25
Blue Hydrangeas – Harbingers of the rainy season in Japan
posted by Claire Usmar
July is here and that means gorgeous hydrangeas, or ajisai (アジサイ), in gardens across Japan!
June
16
Summer roses in Ishikawa Prefecture
posted by Claire Usmar
Summer’s most beautiful heralds have arrived.
June
04
Wild Hokkaido – Daisetsuzan National Park
posted by Claire Usmar
Japan’s largest national park situated in the middle of Hokkaido, the most northern island of Japan.
May
21
Tulips and cherry blossoms – Flower Power in Toyama Prefecture, Japan.
posted by Claire Usmar
May
14
Roof of Japan – The Snow Corridor on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine route
posted by Claire Usmar
For more information the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, visit their official website here.
April
21
New bullet train opening – The Hokuriku Shinkansen, Kanazawa.
posted by Claire Usmar
How a train loving nation launches a new train line.
inaka biking 