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While impressive Japanese photographer Hisa (Twitter, Instagram) can show a certain sense of humor with his photography (as seen with his shots of the most stylish Giant Buddha in Japan), much of his work focuses on capturing stunning scenery such as the gorgeous stained glass staircase at the Hakone Open Air Museum.
Hisa can add another gorgeous set of photos to his resume, having perfectly captured the wintery scenery of a the historic mountain village of Shirakawa-go in all its snow-capped splendor.
Shirakawa-go is a remote mountain settlement that is famous for its farmhouses (the oldest of which are over 250 years old) that use a traditional thatched roof structure called gassho-zukuri ("made like hands clasped in prayer") to withstand heavy snow. The settlement is registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the the scenery of the traditional farmhouses blanketed in heavy snow is one of Japan's most iconic winter images.
His certainly captured it as breathtakingly as possible with a long shot that makes you feel the cold just by looking at it. If not for the road and street lights, it may even look as if it were taken 250 years ago!
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BackpackingNepal
Before editing generation, there was real capture but now it's too computerised.
browny1
Had the luck to see Shirakawa-go like this about 15 years ago to the day.
Had been skiing in Gifu with family and friends for a few days and on our return decided to drop in there after a heavy dump overnight.
The place was deserted as it was the Friday before new year (maybe 29th). Spent a leisurely morning walking around, taking pics, chatting to locals.
As we were leaving, around noon, the bus hordes were beginning to arrive and we passed tons coming up from Osaka, Nagoya etc.
A beautiful memory free from tourist chaos.