Japan Photo Explore - Tohoku Winter Photography

This is a photography and travel guide to Tohoku, the norther part of Japan's main island, Honshu. In this episode, Ted and I travel to Miyako, the Sanriku Coast, the Hirosaki Snow Lantern Festival, the frozen waterfalls of Oriase Gorge, and street photography in Akita City. The unexpected bonus was a side trip to the amazing Kakunodate Fire and Snow festival.
Whether you are planning to travel to Japan when it re-opens, or just enjoy some virtual travel, you have come to the right place. Japan Photo Explore is a series of travel and photography videos that show you some amazing places, some you’ve probably never heard of.
Hi, my name's Nick Pitsas. I am a photographer and video producer and I've been traveling to Japan since 2009, including five trips in winter, so if you have any questions about travel and photography in Japan, I'm happy to try to answer them. I look forward to your comments and questions. More videos are coming so if you’d like to see them, please click the notifications button so that you’ll know when new videos are uploaded.
For all the photography in this video I used Fujifilm X-T2 and X-T20 camera bodies. The majority of my photos were with the Fujifilm XF16-55mm f/2.8, Fujifilm XF23mm f/2, and the Fujifilm XF 16-80mm F/4, which I was using for travel photography for the first timew on this trip. Ted was using a Fujifilm X-T3 body, the Fujifilm XF 16-80mm F/4, Fujifilm XF 18-55mm, and the Fujifilm XF 55-200mm.
Music Credits
Breeze - Telecasted
Fault Lines - Asher Fulero
Forest Lullabye - Asher Fulero
Teasing the King - Nathan Moore
Illusions - Anno Domini Beats
Snowfall Butterflies - Asher Fulero
Dusk 'til Dawn - TrackTribe
It was Time - TrackTribe
Please note that none of the content of this video, nor the equipment we used, was sponsored.
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[@davidianjames1]

Another great trip
Thanks Nick

[@bettywing52]

Thanks for your stunning work which I could watch over and over. If you come from the age of film cameras, having the drones and the digital equipment must make it seem like heaven when you guys look at the results. They're the shots everyone dreams of making.

[@nickpitsasphoto]

Thanks for your lovely feedback, Jane. And yes, we do come from the age of film! I love the instant results of digital. That feedback, used wisely, can accelerate your growth as a photographer.

[@noowunnoowun8573]

Thoroughly enjoyed this latest installment in your JPE series. The Fire Festival looked extraordinarily dangerous - especially the shot with the child clinging to the person twirling what looked like a campfire all over the place. Wonder what the origin of the practice was? Maybe to keep enemies at bay? Keep evil spirits away? Ted must've had a ball - and Fire Twirling would look good on his resume :)

[@nickpitsasphoto]

noowun noowun, thanks for your comments. The festival began to keep evil spirits away from crops. And yes, the video doesn't do justice to how much fun Ted actually had.

[@kiIIingxspree]

17 meters Jesus Christ. Sucks about the drone :(

[@nickpitsasphoto]

Yeah, the 2011 earthquake and tsunami was a huge disaster. Almost 16,000 people lost their lives. The tsunami also destroyed the Fukushima nuclear power plant. With the drone, at least I managed to recover it so that I could return it to the place I bought it from. Because they couldn't fix it they gave me a full credit, which I used to buy a newer one.