Early October. Just when the long rains were thought to have ended, triple typhoons formed in the Pacific.
Waiting my chance to catch them passing offshore, I headed for Ibaraki Prefecture’s Akahama Coast.
Rare, unexpected ocean scenery. Fresh sunlight gleaming on high waves brought by the typhoons.
At this time of year, we normally offer scenes of autumnal tints. But their rich glow will arrive late this year.
Instead, selecting unreleased works from our archives, we offer scenic highlights of past autumns, a little ahead of the true autumn season.
Tree leaves turn vibrant autumn colors before withering and falling. “Human life, too, experiences a time of mature and mellow radiance before reaching an end.” This, I sense, is what nature wants to tell us.
namu
2026.10.26
When autumn hesitates upon the branch,
the ocean claims the season’s boldest fire-
not in the silent rustle of the leaves,
but in the wild, tempestuous surge
where sunlight breaks across the towering crests.
We look for gold in forest canopy,
yet find it scattered on the tempest wave.
So too in us: when seasons shift unsure,
a brilliant light may strike from sudden storms,
revealing beauty where we least expect.
Namu, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Early October. Just when the long rains were thought to have ended, triple typhoons formed in the Pacific.
Waiting my chance to catch them passing offshore, I headed for Ibaraki Prefecture’s Akahama Coast.
Rare, unexpected ocean scenery. Fresh sunlight gleaming on high waves brought by the typhoons.
At this time of year, we normally offer scenes of autumnal tints. But their rich glow will arrive late this year.
Instead, selecting unreleased works from our archives, we offer scenic highlights of past autumns, a little ahead of the true autumn season.
Tree leaves turn vibrant autumn colors before withering and falling. “Human life, too, experiences a time of mature and mellow radiance before reaching an end.” This, I sense, is what nature wants to tell us.
When autumn hesitates upon the branch,
the ocean claims the season’s boldest fire-
not in the silent rustle of the leaves,
but in the wild, tempestuous surge
where sunlight breaks across the towering crests.
We look for gold in forest canopy,
yet find it scattered on the tempest wave.
So too in us: when seasons shift unsure,
a brilliant light may strike from sudden storms,
revealing beauty where we least expect.
Namu, Kathmandu, Nepal