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 symmetry 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.

It’s time for me to introduce a goofy Japanese festival. Witness the grandeur of Konsei Festival (Konsei Matsuri), the penis festival of Iwate Prefecture!

Yamagata city has some unexpected spots to see sakura that are less-known than other places in Tohoku. Let me introduce to you its beauty!