Category: Photography
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Photography: Amidaga Waterfall ・阿弥陀ケ滝
I was heading for the the Itoshiro valley again on the border between Gifu and Fukui prefectures (more here) to try some winter photography, when I noticed a sign for Amidaga Falls 600m off the road leading up and over the mountain pass to the valley. I’d passed the fall on a number of occasions…
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Photography: One Road, Ten Photos
One road, ten photos. That was the impromptu task I gave myself as I crossed the Shonai River and headed up the short, steep and hidden climb to Joukoji Park, a quiet, partially gravel road that I’ve ridden up countless times over the years. I don’t know where the idea came from or how valid…
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Cycling: 2017 & Trip to Australia
Happy New Year. For BikePackingJapan.com last year was simply an experiment to see if this blog concept had any life in it and I’m happy to say I’ve had numerous emails regarding bike packing and cycle touring in Japan. My aim for 2017 then is to ramp up the content and make the website a…
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India: 2 Portraits
Two portraits from India last year. The first is of a pilgrim at the Maha Kumbh Mela and the second is of a exiled Tibetan monk in Majnu Ka Tilla, New Delhi. The pilgrim was a great dancer and the monk gave wonderful marriage advice. Both prints were made on traditional Japanese washi paper. 去年インドで撮ったポートレート。一つ目の写真が世界一番大きな祭…
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Photography: Failure
These wouldn’t have happened a few years ago. I would have known instantly that I’d messed up the exposure, deleted them, and started again. But you can’t do that with film. All technical failures. But failures that, for me, do a pretty good job of expressing what it felt like to spend a few isolated…
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Photography: Tsuruga
Tsuruga, in Fukui prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast and less than 100km from Kyoto (115km from Nagoya), is a pleasant part of central Japan. Unfortunately it’s also home to three nuclear power stations, one of which geologists say lies under the Urasoko faultline (浦底断層) which is capable of causing a major 7.4M earthquake…
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Hiking, Photography: Thirteen Summers for One Winter
How these photos happened. 1. Get given a bag full of cheap film that’s 13 years out of date. Share some with friends whether they want it or not. 2. Buy a discarded panorama camera that was briefly popular in the 1980s and 90s. Budget for no more than ¥500 ($5/£3) 3. Wait for winter…
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Mini Adventure: Mt. Ibuki
Mt. Ibuki, Shiga prefecture. I recently stopped on my way to Osaka to photograph a small village on the Nakasendo. These were taken from the local train and station. I once had a cycle race to the top of the mountain and if my memory serves me well finished 22nd out of 130 or so.…
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