Sunrise on Amaharashi

• Photographer
  Claudio Beffa, Italy
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Islet in Amaharashi coast. This is one of the most scenic seascapes in Japan and its
beauty has been versified in the Manyoshu by the poet Otomo no Yakamochi. I took this shot
in winter 2014: in that cold and cloudy morning the strong light of the sunrise pierced
the dense grey sky and revealed the beauty of the Tateyama mountains in the distance; the
islet with the bare pine tree stands lonely near the shoreline of the sea of Japan and a
Japanese Heron (Sagi) contemplates the stillness of this peaceful winter morning.