#24 · May 31–Jun 5 · Lesser Ripening
Wheat turns gold
麦秋至
Mugi no toki itaru · The season of ripe wheat arrives
Low sun across a mature wheat field; individual awns glowing, early-summer warmth.
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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