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Yamashita Park, Yokohama
“She rode on a ship from Yokohama pier, taken away by a foreigner.” – Akai Kutsu
Yamashita Park in Yokohama, Japan, is a popular waterfront destination, home to the historic luxury passenger liner Hikawa Maru and the famous ‘Little Girl with Red Shoes’ statue.
During a polar vortex, Niagara Falls transforms into a frozen spectacle. Extreme cold coats the cliffs and walkways in ice as mist crystallizes into towering formations. While parts of the river and smaller falls may freeze, the powerful flow beneath the ice never stops, creating a dramatic contrast between motion and stillness.
From Luang Prabang to Hanoi
When the tuk-tuk driver dropped me at the airport in Luang Prabang, Laos, for my flight to Hanoi, I thought he had brought me to the wrong place. I asked him, “Where is the airport?”
“Here,” he said, pointing to the small building in front of us.
And from there, a new adventure in Vietnam began.
High-Contrast Black & White Images of Thailand
Seeing the world in black and white allows you to discover details and shapes that may not be visible at first glance. It helps you focus on the essentials.
Yubu Jima (由布島) Island
With a circumference of just 2.15 kilometers, Yubu-jima is the smallest island in the Yaeyama Archipelago, Okinawa (Japan). The entire island is a subtropical garden, home to more than 100 varieties of trees!
On the island are 43 water buffaloes, 23 carts, 23 people and 17 households (2010, yubujima.com).
The island is accessible by water buffalo cart from Iriomote Jima.
“I like to be grounded by nature, go hiking… go to an isolated island that’s not glamorous and touristy at all.” – Cote de Pablo
Iriomote Jima (西表島) Island
Covered in dense jungles and mangrove forests and surrounded by beautiful coral reefs, Iriomote Jima is one of Japan’s top destinations for nature lovers and adventure seekers.
Okinawa
From 40 million to almost none, from crowded to deserted, from bustling to peaceful — from Tokyo to Iriomote. Welcome to Okinawa!
Sometime in October, after enjoying the craziness of Tokyo, I took the bullet train (Shinkansen) from Tokyo to Nagoya, and then a flight from Nagoya to Ishigaki City. Final destination: Iriomote-jima, the southernmost island of Japan.
August 6, 1945
“When you arrive in Hiroshima you can look around and for 25 and perhaps 30 square miles you can see hardly a building. It gives you an empty feeling in the stomach to see such man-made devastation.” – Wilfred Burchett
Eighty years ago today, the world’s first atomic bomb was dropped by a U.S. bomber over the city of Hiroshima.
8:15 AM
At 8:15 a.m., time itself stopped — this watch forever holding the moment the world changed.