Shots of the ring road around Kawaguchiko (Lake Kawaguchi, Fuji Five Lakes Area) in springtime. The lake and surrounding areas are a wildly varied mix of posh resorts, working-class restaurants, dilapidated former-glory hotels, modernist developments, and empty lakeside parks, reminiscent of South Lake Tahoe on the California-Nevada border and countless other mountain resort towns.

IMG_3113.jpg IMG_3235.JPG IMG_3253 (1).JPG IMG_3239.JPG IMG_3340.JPG IMG_8096 (1).JPG IMG_3115.JPG IMG_3341 (1).JPG IMG_3295.jpg IMG_3192 (1).JPG IMG_3268.JPG