The Japanese interior hides many places where you can completely lose yourself and just be fascinated by the mystical power of nature. As I finally reached this clearing, the sheer scale of the landscape opened up before me. The setting sun flooded the sky with a warm, hazy yellow, tracing the edges of what seemed like a hundred mountain ridges rolling into the distance. There was a sudden, pleasant quiet in the air as the day began to cool. I took this photograph to hold onto that exact feeling—the physical relief of the long journey, the golden light, and the absolute stillness of the high country at dusk.
Kii Peninsula, Japan, 2015
