In the quiet back-roads of northern Hokkaido, I found the Sakura-no-Taki Falls after a short drive through beautiful farm-roads amidst well maintained boxy northern farm houses that typify this part of Japan. Kiyosato, nestled between the Shiretoko and Lake Akan National Parks, is voted one of 100 best Farm Villages in Japan, and the views…
If you were traveling to the northern island of Hokkaido, Japan, to witness a summer blazing with flowers and colors, early June would be too early, as season travelers would tell you. ‘Green and nothing much else’ they would say. Yet, in the right places, deep in nature’s own backyard, when the man-made entreaties of…
These pictures were from Lake Shikotsu, Chitose, on the island of Hokkaido, Japan (2013). The most notable part of that evening was the mist that enveloped the lake and its vicinity, rendering the beautiful place hidden, almost deserted, and mysterious. The experience suggests that it is not uncommon that what a place or a person has to offer…