Tag: japan travel photography

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Day 128- Nagasaki Lantern Festival- Part 2

Shutter Speed: 5 seconds, Aperture: F/18, ISO: 100 See part one here. The festival centres around China town- it’s promenade draped in light as thousands of revellers jostle their way past restaurants and street vendors towards a central square of celebration, acrobatics and dancing. The ceiling was awash with light, incandescent and luminous, a twinkling […]

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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 […]