Lauren and I had always wanted to visit Japan. We booked a trip for May 2020, but the pandemic canceled it.
At last, we made it there last October and it was everything we hoped for. Over three weeks, we moved between Tokyo and Kyoto and smaller places like Kiso and Matsumoto. The attention to detail was just incredible. A bento box arranged just so. A garden tree pruned with absolute precision. The quiet focus of a tea ceremony. The same care showed up at a tiny ramen shop or a traditional ryokan.
We walked old pilgrimage routes in Kiso and Matsumoto and took the bullet train between Tokyo and Kyoto. Each day felt like a gift, something old& something new.
Here are some photos from the trip made with my Leica MP and some Kodak film.
