
Deep into January in rural Akita, and Aobamachi was blanketed in quiet snow. There's something about a Tohoku winter village like this — the stillness, the bare trees, the way the light hits fresh powder. Found myself just standing there, soaking it in.
1月中旬、秋田県能代市の青葉町は雪に包まれていた。冬の東北の田舎村ってこんなに静かなんだ。裸木、新雪、光と影...何もかも完璧だった!