Sidelined Swimming

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While hiking around Lake Kawaguchiko (河口湖) yesterday, I came across this abandoned pool that looked as if had belonged to a lakeside hotel property that had shuttered some years ago.   Lake Kawaguchiko is about a 30 minute drive from Mount Fuji and is located in Japan’s Fuji Five Lakes Region (富士五湖).

A Portrait of Gratitude

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This photograph is of my good friend Mayo—who I met in college over ten years ago—and her new husband Keisuke at their recent wedding in Yokohama, Japan.  This was taken right after the couple acknowledged their parents by reading prepared “letters of gratitude”.  It was a beautiful moment.
2015年5月2日