Category: Journal
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Coffee call.
Camera: Fujifilm XT5 Again, very happy with this photo. I love the overall composition and the balance between the light & the life on the left side, with the darkness and mystery on the right. OK, maybe not mystery….its just a coffee shop. Nevertheless…. 8.5/10.
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Hida folk village.
Camera: Fujifilm XT5. A morning walk around Hida village, a collection of traditional wood and thatch-roofed houses, all around 200-ish years old. The buildings were amazing, with their thick (foot and a half?) roof thatching, solid carpentry, polished floors, and central hearths. I was deep in imagining how people actually spent their lives in these…
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I have so many questions.
Cameras: Fujifilm XT5 & iPhone 17 proMax. One thing I notice about Japan is the number of bespoke, independent shops. Sure there are plenty of homogenized super-chain stores if you want ‘em (…I don’t). But there is also a refreshingly large number of funky, quirky, utilitarian, vintage, and artisanal type stores. And sometimes there are…
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Matsumoto castle.
The steep, narrow, , sock-worn wooden staircases of Matsumoto castle are no joke. Inclines of 60 degrees as you juggle your shoe-holding bag, your camera bag, and your holding-on-for-dear-life bag. A queue of schoolkids leads the climbing pack, with a group of eighty-somethings in hot pursuit. 5 levels up. No photos on the stairs! But…
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Zenkoji temple. Nagano.
Camera: fujifilm XT5 We left Tokyo for a scenic Shinkansen ride to the city of Nagano. There is nothing quite like contemplating life through the window of a bullet train whilst munching on a Family Mart egg & mayo sandwich (crusts cut off, of course). Nagano is home of Zenkoji, a 7th century zen temple…
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What if the future is soft.
What if the future is soft and revolution is so kind that there is no end to us in sight.[…]How rare and beautiful it is that we exist.What if we stun existence one more time?[…]Been born from so many apocalypses, what’s one more?Love is still the only revenge. It grows each time the earth is…
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