Category: Photography
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Fresh Snow in Norikura Kogen
A blanket of fresh snow covers Norikura Kogen and the surrounding area. These photos were taken near the trailhead to Zengoro Falls just below the Yamaboshi Parking area of Mt. Norikura Snow Resort.
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Enjoying the Fall Colors
The fall colors were rich today. These photos were taken near the Onogawa School and there was no wind today so the pond was like glass.
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Mount Norikura – Snow Wall
Mount Norikura (乗鞍岳 3026m) is the 10th highest mountain in Japan and lies at the end of the Northern Japanese Alps. The weeks leading up to monsoon season (beginning of June to mid-July) are known for exceptionally good weather and today was no disappointment. We headed up to shoot photos and check the condition of…
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First Ride of the year to Kuraigahara Sanso
Today we headed up with some other media agencies on the first Spring Bus (春山バス) to Kuraigahara Sanso. The snow plowing crews have been working hard since the first week of April to clear over 10m of snow from Japan’s highest highway. Watch the short video below for more info.
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Not ready for Fall
I went for a bike ride today and found a Japanese Maple tree that was already turning. Although it is pretty, I am not ready for Fall to come.
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Do you know where this is?
Does anyone know where this tree is? It’s one of my favorite places in Norikura.
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A Day With The Ishida Family
After the Christian Surfers Conference, Hannah and I traveled across 3 prefectures from Chiba to Kanagawa to visit Lindsey Franger who just arrive about a week ago to study Japanese in Hokkaido, Lindsey will be in Japan for 1 year this trip and later plans to do full-time ministry here. We all met in Hiratsuka…
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Gen-X Camp
Here is a little update on our last camp. The camp was called Gen-X and the group was from the Nagoya area. This is one of my favorite camps and one of the models of how we want other camps to run. The group is one of the most genkei [ lively ] groups we…
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Onogawa Community Undoukai (Sports Day)
Hi Everyone,Today we had the great privilege of spending time in the community for a very important annual event. The event is called Undoukai and it means sports day. Basically the entire village comes together to play field games at the school. It was a great opportunity to meet parents and hang out with all…
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MTB
I wanted to give you all an update and some new photos. Today Troy, Martina, Dan and I took 10 Mt. bike guests around the Norikura area on a tour of our trail system. The riders ranged from college students to Mt. bike shop owners in the Nagano area. We want to see the Mt.…
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Reihai [ prayer / worship ]
Last night was our Thursday night raihai [ prayer / worship night ] meeting. We invited 3 locals including Kiyo who was there last week. Hiro and Naho were also there. We had a wonderful meal and time of worship together. It was the first time Naho and Hiro had ever been to anything like…
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Karaoke Party
Tonight I went with Randall up to Kyukamura Hotel to meet some friends who had a karaoke party. It was fun and a bit crazy at times. Randall and I felt a bit out of place. But all in all, it was a lot of fun.
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New Photos
Hi everyone, I have some photos for you all to see. I hope you enjoy them. Things here have been crazy busy but also crazy fun. PLEASE PRAY FOR The new camp that starts today Safety for the staff, some of which have some injuries I start teaching English this week and am a bit…
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I made it to Japan!
Hi Everyone,I made it to Japan, I am near downtown Tokyo now. Everything went well with the flights accept almost not getting on the first standby flight out of PDX. So I know your prayers were at work because there were several other standby people for that flight and I got the last seat. Praise…