Project Report : Hiroshima

The team walks around Shobara to shoot photos.

Shobara’s landscape is abundant and green, with beautiful, lush rice paddies.

There is an area in the park where visitors can play with traditional Japanese toys. Emily takes a crack at spinning a top.

Non-chan plays with a kendama (cup and ball). A graduate of Shobara Kakuchi Senior High who was in the photography club, she recorded the team’s activities on film as its photographer.

The team takes a break on the veranda with bottles of soda.

Mrs. Tanabe, advisor emeritus of the photography club. Her cheery personality kept everyone smiling.

Going down a slide makes one feel like a kid again. Photos turn out better when you’re having fun.

The team gets on a bus to Onomichi, a beautiful city on the Seto Inland Sea.

A ropeway carries the group up to Senkoji, a Buddhist temple. At the mountaintop everyone takes in the breathtaking view.

The hills of Onomichi are often portrayed in movies. Every one of its many alleys is picturesque.

1Members try to take photos of a cat by lying down and bringing themselves to the cat’s eye level.

Everyone starts to look exhausted, but the photo selection process continues late into the night.