MYSTERY INARI
Another local shrine in the evening… I refer to the subject of the this photograph as the mystery inari shrine. Although it is less than a kilometer from our house, and only about 50 meters off the highway, I had…
A Different Feather
Crow . . . Pheasant . . . There is a double meaning to the title here. Not only are the birds in these two photos of a different species, the subjects are also different than what I intended to…
Hanging Out Again
Drying Fish… As mentioned in a previous post about hoshigaki persimmons “hung out to dry,” here is photograph of a similar traditional practice: cleaned fish being hung out to dry naturally. However, unlike the drying persimmons, this scene was not…
Hung Out to Dry
Hoshigaki in Magome-juku… This was taken back in November in the old Nakasendo post town of Magome, Gifu Prefecture. These kaki Japanese persimmons are a variety high in tannin content that make them too astringent to eat right off the…