Life: A Quiet Spring
The cherry blossom season is said to be a season of renewal, of starting fresh and of acknowledging our brief lives.
Photography: Chitose’s Carrot Shop
Every time I’ve been to Hokkaido it has been via Chitose. I don’t know anything about Chitose except that it has an airport and ninjinya (人参屋). Ninjinya – carrot shop
Hiking: Shakagadake・釈迦岳
Japan hasn’t been forced into self-isolation yet which honestly is quite worrying. Why is the rest of the world locking its doors while Japan isn’t?
Strange Times: What I’m Doing
I’m not an expert so take this with a pinch of salt but this is what I’m doing during the current pandemic.
Hiking: Mt. Warning / Wollumbin
Mt. Warning / Wollumbin, northern New South Wales. Apparently Tom Hanks was also in the neighbourhood the day we climbed
Adventure: Trips to Australia
Photo above: From a personal perspective I could stand and photograph surfers all day long. I’m in Australia at the
Photography: Dusting Off the Leica
It’s been a while since I shot a roll of film on my Leica. It was browsing through the wonderful book of photographs of travels throughout Asia in the 1990s (and 1980s?) called Asia Grace by Kevin Kelly and John Sypal’s Zuisha (随写) that did it.
Hiking: Kasugai’s Three Peaks
Stand pretty much anywhere in Nagoya with an elevated view and look northeast. You’ll see a small mountain range slowly being eaten away by a quarry.
