Taken at a festival in Misawa
Mt Serabachi on the island of Iwo Jima. Rich climbed this mountain for story.
Taken at the Nebuta Festival in Aomori, one of the largest festivals of Japan
More of the Nebuta Festival
Every year tons of swans stop by
The four pics above and below are from the Snow Festival in Sapporo, which Rich covered for the news. These are the small sculptures. Many life size sculptures of buildings were also created.