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Orihime (Vega) ruft Hikoboshi (Altair)

Prize

Honorable Mention
Photographer

Naoki Toda, Japan
Date of Photograph

July 4, 2024

Beneath the Milky Way, a woman reaches out to the stars, silently pleading with her shining hands. Inspired by the Tanabata legend, in which Orihime (Vega), a woman, and Hikoboshi (Altair), a man, are allowed to reunite across the Milky Way only once a year. The heart-shaped bench placed beneath her symbolizes this. Taken at a mountaintop park in Hofu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture.

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