Monuments

A corridor lined on both sides with long strings of brightly coloured paper cranes, leading to an arched opening where a lit staircase goes down into the tunnels

Okinawa Monuments

Navy Underground HQ: Names in a Shell Casing

Published: Oct 8, 2026

A bronze female nude at the edge of the Enoshima fountain, with Benzaiten playing a lute and a dancer behind her and the bridge to the mainland beyond

Kanagawa Monuments

Enoshima’s Olympic Fountain: Five Rings, Five Women

Published: Oct 3, 2026

The Tower of the Sun seen from the front across a lawn, with its golden face on top, a grey sun face on its body and outstretched arms, and a visitor photographing it in the foreground

Osaka Monuments

Tower of the Sun: Past, Present, Future and Missing

Published: Sep 30, 2026

The chained and padlocked wooden double door of the west chamber of Urasoe Yōdore, set in a white wall under overhanging rock, with small square windows on each side and a fence in the foreground

Okinawa Monuments

Urasoe Yōdore: Evening Calm Beside Hacksaw Ridge

Published: Sep 30, 2026

Front view of Deco Hachikō with a red heart-shaped nose, an H on its macaron collar and pink bows on its forelegs

Kanagawa Monuments

Deco Hachikō: The Other Shibuya’s Best-Dressed Dog

Published: Sep 28, 2026

Close view of a polished black stone stag beetle with fallen bamboo leaves on its back at Mushizuka, Kenchōji Temple.

Kanagawa Monuments

Mushizuka: Where Insects Get Some Respect

Published: Sep 15, 2026

A weathered red playground lion lying in tall grass beside the Tama River in Tokyo.

Tokyo Monuments

The Tama River’s Lonely Lion: The Last King in the Grass

Published: Sep 12, 2026

Reclining stone cat on top of the Nekozuka memorial in Yokohama.

Kanagawa Monuments

Nekozuka: A Small Memorial to a Very Loyal Cat

Published: Aug 27, 2026

Full-length concrete figure of the Beautiful Girl of Okegawa in a swimsuit, standing beside a stone plaque bearing her name in Saitama.

Saitama Monuments

The Beautiful Girl of Okegawa: A Beach Pose in Landlocked Saitama

Published: Aug 27, 2026