#55 · Nov 7–11 · Beginning of Winter
Camellias open
山茶始開
Tsubaki hajimete hiraku · Camellias begin to open
First camellia bloom against glossy dark leaves; damp cool light.
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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