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Jan
30
heat

heat

there are piles of laundry everywhere – on the bed, in the washing basket, hanging on the lines & the collapsible
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Jan
29
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Jan
20

last light

our last full day in hokkaido ended with a return to a small fishing port. whilst most of the others
Jan
19
exquisite. ordinary

exquisite. ordinary

two weeks ago  |  i was sitting eating a japanese-style breakfast from the buffet of my hotel room, looking out over
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Jan
15

notes from the road • 15 jan '15

reflections. hokkaido, japan +++ today i switched cameras with my friend Cynthia, giving both of us a new constraint. i borrowed
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Jan
14

notes from the road • 14 jan '15

tetrapods in the water, omu, hokkaido these giant concrete structures are all along the coastlines up here as protection against
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Jan
13

notes from the road • 13 jan '15

pintail duck, kutcharo lake, hokkaido. +++ i’ve got three series of images that i’m playing around with on this
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Jan
11

notes from the road • 11 jan '15

taking flight, hokkaido, japan the coastline here is wild and spectacular and we’ve had a great day exploring on
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Jan
09
polaroid photograph of a street in shinjuku, tokyo, japan. copyright leonie wise. all rights reserved

where would you go?

along with 17 other new zealand travel bloggers, i was invited to contribute my top picks for travel for 2015
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Jan
07

notes from the road • 07 jan '15

biei, hokkaido there is something about this place that moves me and i’m struggling to define it in any
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