|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
This panorama was made in the early hours, about 5.30m. The sun had just risen in the east and the green tea rows are tinged with sunlight. The location is Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan (aka. The Home of Japanese Green Tea). The 2009 harvest season has begun with the first 'new tea' or 'shincha' cut been made on many of the rows in this panorama. The lightest colour rows have yet to be trimmed. The brown coloured rows have had all of the leaves cut in stages according to tea quality level. First cut leaves fetch the highest prices. Each row can be cut from 3~5 times. The final cut is often used in blended teas that have the lowest quality. One interesting point about this photo is that Mount Fuji is located off in the distance, however, weather conditions during harvest season hardly ever permit a clear shot. It's usually too hazy. Please have a look at my other panorama as it shows the leaves closer up.
________________________________________________________ http://www.popbunka.com/ http://popbunka.hamazo.tv/ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
There is a lot to see in this panorama. Look around and you'll find plenty. In the far off distance to the center right you can see that the big shopping mall on the outskirts of the city phenomena has come to Japan. When I first arrived 10 years ago, most cities still had a downtown core for shopping. In North America, we started moving 'shopping' to the outskirts about 20 years ago. This process is now in full swing here in Japan. In my area alone (a medium-sized working class city) I can think of 8 new malls that have sprung up in the last 5 years.
The tall building at the far right is supposed to look like a harmonica from the side. Hamamatsu is the home of the musical instrument business in Japan. In the center of the panorama you can see the main R&D center for Yamaha Musical Instruments company. In the lasrge white factory behind and around the main office is the final assembly location for Yamaha's grand pianos. They are priced at over $100,000. This is version 2.0 of this Gigapan panorama using a polarizing filter and corrected camera settings. This is also the biggest gigapan I've made yet at about 480 photos. It took about 30 minutes to snap everything. http://www.popbunka.com/ http://www.ponponcoffee.com/ http://popbunka.hamazo.tv/ |