village

Buildings of a small mountain village, strongly lit by warm morning light cast on autumn colors of wooded hills in the background, and with deep shadow on the nearside of the scene, where a loaded touring bicycle is parked in the foreground.

A modern building bearing a sign reading “Kitaogi Meeting Place” (北小木集会所)

A hazy view of the Gero hot spring resort town from a high vantage point through a dense cloud of morning mist.

Low-lying dwellings, some with simple flat roofs, some more substantial with traditional tile roofs, lie in the distance beyond a meadow.