Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 55 mm — ¹/800 sec, f/7.1, ISO 320 — map & image data — nearby photos
Vistas
Furano, Hokkaido, Japan
( one year ago, today )

“Golden Week” is about to start here in Japan, a bunch of national holidays in short order that, along with a weekend or two, gives people willing to use them a long vacation. I work for myself so it doesn't matter to me on that level, but now that Anthony's in school, we have to match our travel to the national schedule. (For a laugh, see this humorous but sadly accurate description of Golden Week.)

We had been planning to bring Anthony to Tokyo Disneyland today, but that plan got scrapped with recent events, so instead I'm showing some pictures from the first full day of last year's Golden-Week trip. All the pictures on this post were taken one year ago today.

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 55 mm — ¹/160 sec, f/10, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Hokkaido Countryside

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm — ¹/180 sec, f/11, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Wide
Wider view from the same location as the previous picture

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 120 mm — ¹/250 sec, f/8, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Rumbling Along

The trip was the source of a lot of nice imagery, including Pretty Fields in Biei, Abandoned Houses in Hokkaido, More Biei Countryside, Furano Wine House Park, and Yet More from Picturesque Biei, among others. All the related posts are listed in my Furano/Biei Post Category.

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — ¹/1000 sec, f/4.5, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Snowball Fun

We saw a bit of snow on that last day of April, but the next day we found tons of snow.

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 125 mm — ¹/350 sec, f/6.3, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Our Hotel
New Furano Prince Hotel

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — ¹/160 sec, f/7.1, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Sunset over the Valley
from the hotel window