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In the last 30 days 63 people have been attacked by bears in Japan...
Fortunately (or rather unfortunately) only one individual has been injured in Nagano Prefecture. It seams that the problem is a lack of natural food, specifically acorns are reported to be at lower levels than previous years. Thin bears are roaming the populated areas looking for 柿 (persimmons)...
In any case, I felt comfortable hitting the back streets of Karuizawa a few weeks ago... did I mention that there had been a lot of rain during my recent visit.
Thanks for looking,
Casey
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In the last 30 days 63 people have been attacked by bears in Japan...
Fortunately (or rather unfortunately) only one individual has been injured in Nagano Prefecture. It seams that the problem is a lack of natural food, specifically acorns are reported to be at lower levels than previous years. Thin bears are roaming the po...
Lovely.
The word that immediately springs to mind looking at these pictures is - damp (a condition I’m all too familiar with in my part of the world). You’ve captured that dull weather beautifully. The other thing that strikes me is that the location doesn’t look...
Karuizawa is a unique destination, with a long history...
I will try and post a little detail on the city / area. Casey
Timeless atmosphere
If it wasn't for the cars it would be very difficult to tell when the photos were taken which gives them a lot of charm.
Some of the shops have been around for over 100 years
not to encourage more visitors, but it's a lovely destination. Casey
Wet....wet....wet......
maybe annoying to your trip but your photos are nicely wet.....LoL
this series of photos give me a moody feel...
but the 神戸牛 (Kobe beef) on one of the signboards in the first photo cheers me up 😅
Not a strict vegetarian, but I don't eat a lot of meat...
once a year a nice filet mignon is the way to go ; ) Casey
I really liked the results off of that roll of Ilford FP4+
Tomorrow I am back to Nagano Prefecture... hoping for a little sunshine to enjoy the autumn colours... Casey
Thank you nacelle...
I really enjoyed breaking out the film camera after too long in self isolation... must remain vigilant a bit longer... Casey
Persimmons are a beautiful fruit...
There's a restaurant chain in Tokyo named after the fruit that serves wonderful traditional fare... one of my favorite eating establishments. Casey
We stayed at a beautiful ryokan...
...somewhere near Kamakura. We were early and the room wasn't ready so the manager suggested taking a hike in the nearby hills with trails. It was very pleasant, but there were 'beware of bear' signs everywhere : )
pesky little critters... when I hike in the woods I usually carry six bear bells
my friends accuse me of being too loud... I don't think that I am loud enough ; ) Kamakura is a great destination, haven't been there for years - time for a revisit. Casey
The ryokan used my wife's company's software and they rolled out the red carpet for us...
...when we left, the entire staff was lined up on the driveway (like Downton Abby) : ) They gave us a ride (two minutes) to the train station in a Rolls Royce Phantom. Great Japanese hospitality as usual...
軽井沢町 (Karuizawa city) was known as Karuisawa-shuku,
a post station on the Nakasendō highway connecting Edo (now called Tokyo) with Kyoto during the Edo period (1603 and 1868). In 1886 a Canadian missionary named Rev. Alexander Croft Shaw and professor James Main Dixon from Tokyo Imperial University "introd...
軽井沢宿 (Karuisawa-shuku) was the eighteenth
of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the northern portion of the present-day town of Karuizawa, in the Kitasaku District of Nagano Prefecture. Hiroshige's print of Karuisawa-shuku, part of The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō...
