Nearly two weeks have gone by since my last post, and I am now back in Okinawa. I have started the slow task of scanning the transparencies and will post them to the blog over the next few days.
Hachinohe Enburi, Aomori, Japan
The festival began at 8 a.m. at Choujasan Shinra shrine. Groups of men wearing horse head inspired hats danced with various farming tools.
Hachinohe Enburi, Aomori, Japan
A young girl did a dance that I think had something to do with planting rice, and then as the snow began to fall again one of the groups of participants gathered for a group photo.
Hachinohe Enburi, Aomori, Japan
On a technical note, photographing on snow without the aid of a digital screen to check exposure can lead to terribly unexposed photographs if you use auto settings. I didn’t have my handheld meter with me so I used the camera’s meter to first gauge the light off a mid tone building then manually set the exposure on the camera.
TRAVEL 67 : Chris Willson Photography 
Nice images mate, so clean and crisp, stay wqith film, i feel lazy with digital these days. Shame to have missed you but will hopefully catch up next time around. Enjoyed reading the archive posts, all of them!!!
Damon