Frozen in prayer - Kakunodate - Jeff Laitila (SushiJeff) *

Shades of grey - Kakunodate - Jeff Laitila (SushiJeff) *

Now THAT is what I call a snowbank - Kakunodate - Jeff Laitila (SushiJeff) *

Mountain Valley - Iwate Prefecture - Jeff Laitila (SushiJeff) *

Paper lantern - Morioka - Jeff Laitila (SushiJeff) *

Silver Zone - Morioka (Otherwise known as "Geezer crossing") - Jeff Laitila (SushiJeff) *

Pouring tea - Kakunodate - Jeff Laitila (SushiJeff) *

Matsuri food vendor warming her hands - Kakunodate - Jeff Laitila (SushiJeff) *

Little boy lights a candle inside of his Kamakura - Yokote - Jeff Laitila (SushiJeff) *

Taiko drum and fire - Yokote - Jeff Laitila (SushiJeff)