Hokkaido Winter Landscapes Series: III
Abashiri Riverside Panoramas: One River, Multiple Moods. From the hotel window, a bird eye view of Abashiri City can be seen nestling along the river and stretching far into the Sea of Okhotsk. It is a low-lying city dominated by the natural landscapes of mountain peaks, forests, lakes, rivers and sea. The colors and moods of the city change readily under the cyclical nature of its vast surrounding environment. I was there for a few days in the winter season, I have experienced fast changing weather conditions, which can be stormy and windy at one moment but sunny and cool a few hours later. It is common to see the same place evoking multiple moods under different weather conditions. Abashiri Riverside City Bird eye view from a hotel's tinted window The hat-shaped Rock, t he Sea of Okhotsk a nd the snow-capped Shiretoko Peninsula can be seen in the far horizon Bright Daylight Sceneries Riverside Promenade - I A picturesque grouping of buildings lining along the riverb...