...is the first shot I've posted from my extended trip to Japan this Summer.

This is from the cemetary at Hon-kyou-ji Temple in Omura City just outside Nagasaki. We were visiting my wife's family burial plot as part of the Obon holiday. More about that in future entries but in short, Obon is when the spirits of the ancestors come home for 3 days every August. It's especially important if a family member has passed away in the current year since their spirit hasn't really left yet and must be helped along the start of their journey.

Both of my wife's grandmothers died this year so this year's Obon and Shoro-nagashi (procession of the spirits) was a big deal for both sides of her family. More as I continue to wade through a mountain of unprocessed film...