with Ade Photography From February 3rd to 16th 2019, I joined as a client on Ade’s photo tour to the Snow monkeys in Nagano after which we journeyed by plane to Kushiro in Hokkaido. Before Hokkaido, we started the winter tour at the Snow Monkey park (Jikokudani monkey park, province Nagano). This year’s winter wasn’t that strong, as there was not that much snow settled on the ground and because of the warmer air temperature the Snow Monkeys were not entering the geothermal p

I had participated in the International Monochrome Photography Contest, Amateur section, and submitted this picture of dancing cranes taken at the Akan International Crane Center, Hokkaido, JPN. The shot has been awarded with a honorable mention. If you click on the link below you see the shot in a better resolution. https://monoawards.com/winners-gallery/monochrome-awards-2017/amateur/wildlife/hm/7931 #wildlife #Winter #AkanInternationalCraneCenter #Nature #Award #blackandwh

Check them out here: Link to the gallery Japan #Japan #Nature #snowmonkey #Kushiro #landscape #blog #sunrise #AkanInternationalCraneCenter #ice #Rausu #Hokkaido

#sunrise #Japan #Rausu #ice #winter #Hokkaido #landscape #boat

What has impressed me on the boat rides leaving Rausu (Hokkaido) and heading into the bay or street of Kunashirskiy at 44 degree north was this unique light. So I have put Svalbard on my destination list in 2018, at the end of the summer, when the midnight sun gives place to sunrises and sunset. #Japan #photography #landscape #blog #sunrise #Hokkaido #Rausu

Over 22000 times I have pressed the shutter, by far not the record of the group. A few will be left on the hard drives. Here 2 of them, the surprising beauty of the northern sea #Nature #Hokkaido #photography

Winter photography in Japan