The Photography of Dr. Jeff Harper

It was fun to walk around Japan in mid-April with a camera in my hand. The weather was alternately wet and dreary and then bright and cheery.  We went on several day trips out of Fukuoka into the mountains.  We never passed up an opportunity to visit a flower garden.  It was that time of year. Flowers were blooming. It was early Spring.  Cool Spring is such a novelty to somebody like me who lives in the damp, hot tropical city of Bangkok.

In the mists of a Japanese Spring . . . and Time,

The steady mist settled upon the pink petals,

White and yellow flowers defying the wet with their unyielding cheer,

An umbrella for a mosquito.

A welcoming inn on a damp day.

Saki house recommendations.

What to take home?

To travel, to look about, to see someone in an instant.  A life passes at 70kph before a shutter.  Click.

Dried red puffs adorn a shop wall.

Small town charm in Japan.

Small, tasty, expensive specialty cakes can be found all over Japan.  Yum-yum!

The Japanese love of nature is brought into the life of towns and cities in wonderful ways.