Journal
Sep 3, 2026
The grain ripens
First real frame of the year. Dry grasses at the edge of a field near Starnberg. The original kō speaks of rice. The photograph answers with seed heads turning gold.
Sep 3, 2026
In the field
How the first frame was made. Low to the grass, the year turning at the roadside near Starnberg. The photograph and the standing in front of it belong together.
Sep 3, 2026
Toward white dew
Season 43 begins 8 September: white dew on grass. After tonight’s warmth, the next colder night. Meadows, spider silk, seed heads — Starnberg and the Isar both wait.
Poetic & observational
A slower way of seeing seasonal change.
Photographed by Michael Gebert
72 personal photographic responses — not a documentary of Japan.
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Supporting the journey before all 72 seasons are complete.
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