Japan – Nara

Japan’s first permanent capital, established in the year 710, today Nara remains full of historic treasures, including some of Japan’s oldest and largest temples. Todaiji’s main hall, the world’s largest wooden building, houses one of the world’s largest (15 m tall) bronze statues of Buddha. The famous Nara park is home to nearly 1200 freely roaming deer, a symbol of the city and a natural treasure. Also in Nara I found my favourite sweet in the whole entire world – mochi, made by Nakatanidou, the fastest mochi pounders in Japan. They perform high-speed mochitsuki at the shop, churning out hundreds of pieces of mochi fresh and warm from the pounding. Nakatanidou’s specialty is yomogi mochi. (yomogi is a Japanese wild plant also known as mugwort, and gives the mochi its natural green color and refreshing taste). Shot on Panasonic G85 with Voigtlander 10.5mm and Lumix G 18-35mm lenses. Graded in DaVinci Resolve.