Photo and caption by Yujiang Wang

The Kamikochi National Park is located in the Japanese Alps, (north of Nagoya, north west of Tokyo) and is very popular among tourists. However, on a rainy day, only few tourist come here and even fewer venture into this more remote lake area of the Myojin Pond. Passing a Hotaka Shrine you arrive at the pond. The sound of the rain on the lake, bamboo along the lakeside and Mt. Myojindake shrouded in a mysterious fog complete the picture of a sacred place. I barely dared to breathe. It is one of the most calm, beautiful and holy places I have seen so far...

Location: The Myojin Pond in the Kamikochi National Park, Japan.