Author: derekwoods14

Nara Deer have always been protected and as such have no natural fear of humans. In fact, they are quite insistent on your need to share your food with them. This park is a pretty amazing look at this animal in a new way. They walk among the crowds of people going about their own business while you explore the park. They use the cross walks. They know where all the food stands are; and they even bow out of respect, and encouragement to feed them.

So much of Japan is a challenge to photographic; it’s so beautiful you feel obligated to struggle to do it justice. The gates at Fushimi-Inari Temple are a prime example. Amazing in their simplicity but overwhelming in the quantity, they are a photographic dream. Beautifully lined up objects with high contrast colors leading to a vanishing point; how can you ask for more? But when you’re walking through them they feel like so much more. There is an intangible, un-photographable magic that needs to be experienced to understand. If you’re life ever permits, I highly recommend visiting.