Raindrops in a Japanese autumn pond with maple leaves.

A very old picture. One of the first “remarkable” images made in Japan. I was newly landed in a world where I didn’t understand anything. The first moments on the streets of Uji generated unique sensations. Alone in a world where everything written around is incomprehensible, the words you hear around you do not tell you anything, the people you see are completely different from what you used to know so far…
It was autumn … but this autumn was not as you know it … with « zacusca » , apples wrapped in paper and stored on the balcony “for the winter”, with cold, rain and more and more difficult days ahead. No, in Japan, autumn is a celebration full of colors and light.
Yes, it was still raining …. and down the street, the faded colors of autumn attracted me. My senses must have perceived this as some kind of gateway to another dimension … the Japanese dimension

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PS: Real Japan is tough, but here we are only talking about its poetic side

For those who want a closer to reality snapshot of Japan, I warmly recommend the book, “Fear and Trembling” by Amelie Nothomb, or the movie, written and directed by Alain Corneau.