In 1998 my dear friend Sally and her boyfriend Jim came to visit me and my wife Yumi here in Japan. Initially we were supposed to walk the South Japan Alps, but due to a huge landslide that took out … Continued
(Please click on the images to see them at their full size.) Some photos from an afternoon walk in the summer of 2012, out in Chiba Prefecture, from Togane to Naruto. It was as always a quiet, lonely walk… quite … Continued
The wind blows off Okutama reservoir, whistling through the bare lattices of the roadside trellis and bites at my cheeks. It is cold enough to bring tears to my eyes and I swing off my pack to pull out the … Continued
Please click on the images to enlarge them and see them closer to the way they were intended. When I lived in Naruto I would go on very long walks. One place that would bring me peace and make me … Continued
A different tack, back in the city, into the heart of gods and fate. I’m not sure how I would feel with all those strangers and tourists taking pictures of my wedding… Dusk fell and the gate guard began industriously … Continued
All summer the miasma of diabetes had wrung havoc from my legs, rendering me at times incapable of taking a step without excruciating stabs of pain shooting through my thighs. So as the Tour of Mont Blanc trip loomed before … Continued
Trying to keep up with developing the photographs for the blog really takes up a lot of time, especially the 800 or so images I took during my European trip last summer. I’m about a third of the way through … Continued