#52 · Oct 23–27 · Frost Falls
The first frost arrives
霜始降
Shimo hajimete furu · Frost begins to fall
First white frost on a leaf, meadow edge or car roof; early sun just touching it.
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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