Kofu, Japan
2017.December.01
Category Archives: Japan
Kofu Crane/甲府の鶴/II
Kofu, Japan
2017.November.17
Kofu Crane/甲府の鶴
Kofu, Japan
2017.November.17
Nigorikawa/濁川
30 minutes before sunset
Kofu, Japan
2017.November.16
Before Winter Comes
A farmer in Kofu, Japan clears his field of silver grass and other foliage before the weather turns cold.
2017.November.15
- A digital filter was not applied to this photograph. Rather, it was shot through a mesh screen. Very little editing has been done on this image.
What Am I?
I am not very good at bird identification, so I am asking the WordPress community to help me out. I snapped the above image in Tachikawa (Japan) yesterday. I see them often in Yamanashi Prefecture, where I live, as well. Any ideas?
Update: Since making this post, I have learned that the bird in question is a Japanese wagtail.
Autumn Fragrance
Yokohama, Japan
2017/October/27
One Thousand Hopes
Please burn us when dark evenings yawn.
and joyful days will surely dawn.
I recently finished folding one thousand origami cranes (known in Japan as Senbazuru) as a gift for a friend who is expecting her first child. This was my first time completing such a project. When I began the folding, my cranes looked a bit bedraggled, but after making 150 of them, I began to develop a technique.
There is a Japanese legend that says a wish will be granted to anyone who folds a thousand cranes. It is common for people to present them as gifts to family and cherished friends.
夜のしだれ桜・Weeping Cherry Tree at Night
六義園/Rikugien
Tokyo, Japan
2017年3月27日
wet wings
A bird in Kofu, Japan weathers a late summer typhoon rain.
September 2016