#13 · Apr 5–9 · Pure and Clear
The swallows return
玄鳥至
Tsubame kitaru · Swallows arrive
Single swallow or small group cutting through a bright spring sky; architectural eaves optional.
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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