Lake Kawaguchi

In this week’s video of landscape photography in Japan, we visit Oishi Park on the coast of Kawaguchi Lake in Yamanashi Prefecture near the base of Mt. Fuji.

Among the various cosmos flowers, the park has many summer cypress plants, which are used as an ornamental plant. In Japan, the plant is known as either “kokia” (コキア) or “houki-gusa” (ほうき草 lit. broom-grass) since the plant is used for making brooms after the dead plant dries out. The plant also seems to be known as fireweed, kochia burning bush, summer cypress, ragweed, and several more names.

Info on how to access Oishi Park:

Oishi Park is located 117 km (72.8 mi.) west of central Tokyo:

https://goo.gl/maps/fwYHjfYASQdLqTYP8

It is a 3-hour 40-minute drive to the park if you take toll-free highways, or a 1-hour 50-minute drive if you take expressways (tolls apply).

Taking a train to Kawaguchiko Station and a bus to the Kawaguchiko Natural Living Center bus stop will take about 3 hours.

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White Cosmos

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Pentax KP + Pentax-DA 18-135mm F3.5-5.6

135 mm ISO 100 for 1/250 sec. at ƒ/5.6

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#風景写真 #お花 #コスモスの花 #大石公園 #河口湖 #山梨県

Summer Cypress

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Pentax KP + smc Pentax-DA 18-135mm F3.5-5.6

48 mm ISO 100 for 0.5 sec. at ƒ/25

#LandscapePhotography #SummerCypress #KochiaGrass #OishiPark #Kawaguchiko #LakeKawaguchi #Yamanashi #Japan

#風景写真 #コキア #ほうき草 #大石公園 #河口湖 #山梨県

Summer Cypress and Lake

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Pentax KP + smc Pentax-DA 18-135mm F3.5-5.6

24 mm ISO 100 for 60 sec. at ƒ/22

#LandscapePhotography #SummerCypress #KochiaGrass #OishiPark #Kawaguchiko #LakeKawaguchi #Yamanashi #Japan

#風景写真 #コキア #ほうき草 #大石公園 #河口湖 #山梨県

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Gear used for this Photo Shoot

Camera Gear:

Pentax KP

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Standard zoom lens: smc Pentax-DA 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 ED AL[IF] DC WR

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Telephoto zoom lens: HD Pentax-DA 55-300mm F4.5-6.3 ED PLM WR RE

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Tripod: Manfrotto MT190CXPRO4 (carbon fiber legs with quick locking clamps)

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Ball head: Manfrotto Cloud XPRO Series Ballhead BHQ2 with 200PL locking plate

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Video Gear:

Canon EOS Kiss M/M50 Double Zoom Kit

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SIGMA 16mm F1.4 DC DN | Contemporary C017 (Canon EF-M Mount, APS-C Size, Mirrorless Only)

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PolarPro 67mm QuartzLine Circular Polarizer Filter

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Zhiyun Weebill-S Gimbal

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RODE Road Wireless GO Wireless Microphone System WIGO

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