It’s summer and I was looking for places to hike in Sendai. Then I found Mt. Taihaku not so far from the city!

I spent just a short 6 days trip to Hokkaido in summer of 2016, but the journey was rich with experience. Follow my adventure in the biggest island of Japan! Part 2 of 2.

Industar 50mm is a vintage lens that I misunderstood in the beginning. But it’s actually a fun lens to use with the right gear!

Introducing website revamp! I updated the website a bit for a fresher look as well as other additional features.

I spent just a short 6 days trip to Hokkaido in summer of 2016, but the journey was rich with experience. Follow my adventure in the biggest island of Japan! Part 1 of 2.

The Three Holy Mountains of Dewa, are a set of 3 mountains in Yamagata prefecture famed for being considered holy for Shinto followers. Here’s my experience climbing them.

Helios 44-2 is, hands down, my most favorite vintage lens. This pocket-sized M42 mount lens is everything I could ever hope from a camera lens.

Kaminoyama is a great place to visit if you have spare time to visit Yamagata. It might be overshadowed by other onsen in the prefecture, but it has its own charm being a quaint, less touristy spot.

Allow me to introduce a Japanese festival that could be said to be the culmination of summer festivals: the Soma-Nomaoi Festival.

Shiogama Minato Festival is said to be one of Japan’s three great boat festivals. Held each year in Shiogama, a small town just mere 30 minutes from Sendai, it is a must-see festival in my opinion.

I realized that I love to frame my photos right in the center, aiming for that symmetric feel. Why? Let me show you the answer.

Matsushima is perhaps Miyagi prefecture’s most visited tourist destination. There are plenty travel blogs about this place, but I’d thought to offer my experience as reading material.