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Chasing Light and Shadows at Makiba Park
「牧場と夏の空：北杜の牧場風景」
Perched on a 1,400-meter (4,600 ft) plateau in Yamanashi Prefecture’s Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group, Makiba Park offers a serene escape into nature.
Expansive pastures, dotted with peacefully grazing cattle, unfold against a backdrop of lush mountain ranges, creating a tranquil, panoramic landscape that invited me to pause and savor the beauty of the highlands.
The cattle here are mostly Japanese Black, one of the four prized breeds known as wagyu, along with Holstein dairy cows. Near the visitor parking area, a restaurant serves up locally-sourced highland vegetables and dishes featuring succulent beef. This beef, made tender through a unique diet of wine lees—the nutrient-rich byproduct of fermentation—is a specialty of the region.
Despite free admission, the park sustains itself through proceeds from restaurant sales and grazing fees paid by local ranchers, with profits supporting the broader community.
To be honest, I'm not much of a foodie, so I completely bypassed the restaurant. I was far more drawn to capturing the dramatic summer skies, where afternoon light broke through cumulus clouds, casting alternating patches of light and shadow over the lush pastures and verdant mountain ranges beyond.
I hope to return in winter to capture this landscape transformed by a blanket of snow under clear, deep-blue skies.
- Location: Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
- Timestamp: 13:04・2024/09/11
- Pentax K-1 II + DFA 28-105mm F3.5-5.6 + CP
- 63 mm ISO 200 for 1/200 sec. at ƒ/10
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