I can finally share one of the coolest projects I worked on last year – a video commissioned by the Ibusuki/Yakushima tourist board to promote this amazing, undiscovered region in the south of Japan! 
Posts Tagged ‘Kyushu’
Ibusuki & Yakushima: Reconnect With Nature
Posted: January 27, 2018 in Photography, VideoTags: animals, 鹿児島, 鹿児島県, Ibusuki, Japan, Kagoshima, Kyushu, nature, photography, promo, tourism, travel, video, visit Japan, Yakushima, 屋久島, 指宿, 指宿・屋久島広域観光推進協議会, 指宿市, 日本, 九州
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Japan – Island-Hopping Adventures Part 1: Kyushu
Posted: December 16, 2015 in Photography, VideoTags: animals, Asia, 鹿児島, Japan, Kagoshima, Kyushu, music video, nature, Nikon, Nikon D800, photography, travel, travel music video, travel video, video, Yakushima, 屋久島, 日本
In all the years I lived in Japan, I never made it to the southern island of Kyushu. On my return trip this year, it’s where my journey began – in the southernmost prefecture of Kagoshima.
If for any reason you can’t see it on YouTube, the video is also available on Vimeo.
(Filmed on a Nikon D800, using a 50mm f1.4 and a 14-24mm f2.8.)
長崎 – Nagasaki
Posted: July 10, 2015 in PhotographyTags: Atomic Bomb Museum, 眼鏡橋, 長崎, 長崎市, history, Japan, Kyushu, Megane bashi, Meganebashi, Museum, Nagasaki, photography, tourism, travel photography, 原爆資料館, 原爆公園, 平和公園, 九州
My two-week Japan Rail Pass having kicked in, it was time to start some serious travelling. First stop: Nagasaki!
吹上浜砂の祭典 – Fukiagehama Sand Art Festival
Posted: June 27, 2015 in Art, PhotographyTags: animals, art, cute, 鹿児島, 鹿児島県, festival, festivals, Fukiagehama Sand Art Festival, Japan, Kagoshima, Kyushu, matsuri, photography, red panda, red pandas, sculpture, travel, travel photography, zoo, zoos, 吹上浜砂の祭典, 九州
I was recently asked to explain where I’d visited in Japan using Game of Thrones as a rough geographical guide. I replied that if Tokyo were King’s Landing, then where Colin and Kim now live is the blazing south of Dorne, and my former home of Akita would be the frozen plains of Winterfell. Never was this more apparent than when we paid a visit to the Fukiagehama Sand Art Festival: rather in contrast to the snow festival I’d seen whilst living in the north.
霧島 – Kirishima
Posted: June 25, 2015 in PhotographyTags: art, cat cafe, 猫カフェ, 草間彌生, 霧島, 霧島神宮, 鹿児島, Japan, Kagoshima, Kirishima, Kirishima jingu, Kyushu, museums, neko cafe, photography, sculpture, shrines, temples, travel, travel photography, Yayoi Kusama, 九州
The plan had been to drive up to Miyazaki on the east coast but, as we set out on the road that morning and the skies became increasingly dismal and torrential, we decided it might be an idea to stay slightly closer to home rather than suffer an 8-hour round trip to stand outside in the rain.
In and Around Ibusuki
Posted: June 20, 2015 in PhotographyTags: Flower Park Kagoshima, flowers, Ibusuki, Ikedo-ko, Japan, Kagoshima, Kyushu, Lake Ikeda, nature, photography, plants, sunamushi, travel, travel photography
The next morning, Kim dropped Colin and me off at the Flower Park Kagoshima, with her final day of work ahead before the Golden Week holidays began.
ただいま！
Posted: June 19, 2015 in PhotographyTags: animals, cats, Darth Vader, dogs, Ibusuki, Japan, Japanese, Kagoshima, Kyushu, Mark Liddell, pets, photography, Star Wars, travel, travel photography
I’ve recently returned from a month of travelling across Japan, and now that I’ve recovered from the jet lag (and, more pertinently, caught up with all the work I was avoiding while I was out there) can finally start sharing the photos!
