โ›ฉ Shirahige Shrine, Shiga โ†’ Tsuruga, Fukui

Map of the Lake Biwa/Sea of Japan area with authorโ€™s route between Shirahige Shrine and Tsuruga highlighted. Open map in Gaia GPS โ†’


The branches of a pine tree overhang a view on a lake with the foot of a sleeping bag visible in the lower right corner, implying a photo taken immediately after waking up on a beach. ๐Ÿ“ Shirahige Shrine, Takashima, Shiga


A book titled โ€œGulliverโ€™s Travelsโ€, almost as big as a house, stands by the side of a road, with regular houses and wooded hills in the background. ๐Ÿ“ Takashima, Shiga


A flower-filled meadow with the lake in the background.
The view from a grassy beach on Lake Biwa.

Looking out over the lake above a concrete shrine gate. ๐Ÿ“ Lake Biwa, Takashima, Shiga


Stone statues of elephants walk in tall grass.

Very bright purple flowers growing between Japanese gravestones. ๐Ÿ“ Takashima, Shiga

These Walking Dreams is a visual field diary of a 4,300-kilometer walk from one end of Japan to the other, in the spring and summer of 2017.