Category: 365 days in Japan

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Day 127- Nagasaki Lantern Festival- Part 1

Shutter Speed: 10 seconds, Aperture: F/14, ISO: 100 Every Chinese New Year Nagasaki lights up in a spectacular maze of lanterns. Spreading from China town outwards, the streets gleam with light and the rivers twinkle reflection. Thousands of people descend- to gawp at the display, eat Chinese street food and watch traditional dances. This is […]

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Day 126- Monkey Moments- One

I recently went to the Jigokudani monkey park in Nagano, famous for its lazy macaque monkeys. They have earned their lazy stripes relaxing in hot springs, passing the cold winter in their own little monkey heaven. It was amazing to see. They are so used to human visitors they accept you into their troop, letting […]

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Day 125- Nagasaki Peace Park- Part 3

You may have already spotted this colourful character’s cameo in part two. Wandering around the park, he would occasionally stop, eyes closed, to make meditative gestures to the air- an eccentric. He set up a shot to capture himself and his friend with the park’s statue (see part one and two). I thought it might […]