floating paper lanterns

Jun 22 2009 | james a. jack |

Colorful paper lanterns floating on Lake Shinji, Matsue at the end of the Obon Festival.

After visiting the world of the living for Obon the souls of departed ancestors are believed to return to the other side this way.

After graduating from the Netherlands Film and Television Academy in Amsterdam and working in multimedia production James studied Japanese at Leiden University and eventually ended up living in Japan.
He currently resides in the city of Matsue in Shimane prefecture (the "Home of the Gods") where he runs runs an ecommerce and music production company.
James enjoys traveling, cooking, playing the piano and walking his dog and potbellied pig (when it's not raining).

More of James' photographic works can be found on Flickr.
He also writes on newfangled media such as Twitter.

Akishima Library: Tsutsujigaoka Branch.

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