Images of Taipei, Keelung, Taoyuan, Yehliu and Tamsui. April and May 2024. “Taipei has been the political centre of the island since 1887, when it first became the seat of Taiwan Province by the Qing dynasty until 1895 and again from 1945 to 1956 by the ROC government, with an interregnum from 1895 to 1945 […]
Images of Nikko, Niigata, Sado Island and Naha. March 2024. “Nikkō is a city in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Shōdō Shōnin established the temple of Rinnō-ji in 766, followed by the temple of Chūzen-ji in 784. The village of Nikkō developed around these temples. The shrine of Nikkō Tōshō-gū was completed in 1617 and became a […]