We Fell into Fox Heaven in Hokkaido, Japan - Los Angeles Travel Photographer

We went to the lake for the swans (think Swan Lake :-)).  And yet, we encountered a fluffy object in the middle of the road.  Driving on the left side in Japan on slippery surfaces could potentially mess up our senses.  We paused, the fluff ball moved.  

It's a red fox!  

We read about them ezo foxes in Hokkaido before the trip and we made a painful decision to not drive that far out to meet them.  How in the world did we get this lucky?

I called out to her and she came over.  She gave me friendly faces, like how these tooth-less babies (i.e., the baby in the Amazonas and baby D2 from LA) responded to my voices.  She would sit, squat, and walk, all the meanwhile eyes glued onto mine, like how my eyes onto hers.  There's love in the air, I'm sure, only with no words.  She would give me all looks that I would not have anticipated in my wildest dreams, like this funny side-look.  It's not a dream, it's a heaven that we fell into.  

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Fate Brought us to Kanazawa, Japan - Los Angeles Travel Photographer

While my Assistante was busy researching for the trip to Japan, I chose what was right for me.  My gut told me to clean my office, so I did, although at the time, it made me seem like not such a great "team player".  And then, our itinerary changed due to a magazine about Japan from 9 years ago that I uncovered during cleaning.  

The day when we arrived in Kanazawa, the snow turned me into a kid in a candy store, cotton candy, that is.

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It may be fate (ahem, my cleaning) that brought us to this lovely city of Little Kyoto.  And it must be pure luck that we received so much snow during our visit (more on that later and on my Instagram account).

Requests for more candies (for reference, see above) are accepted in the Facebook comment below. :-)

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There's Whooper Swan, and then there's Red Crowned Crane Elegance - Los Angeles Travel Photographer

I first met whooper swans in Iceland.  It may have been the Arctic light, I thought they are one fine kind of birds.  Look at the pure white plumage contrasted with its dark feet and bright yellow bill.  When they glide effortlessly overhead in the sky, you tend to forgive them for the whooping sound.  After all, how would you know they are approaching had it not for the noise? 

It doesn't seem that my affection towards whooper swans is without basis.  They are much admired in Europe and is even named the national bird of Finland.

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And then, upon came red crowned cranes.  They define elegance on a whole different level.  I don't know if it's their slender profile or it's simply because they fly above the clouds.  I fell in love, over again.

What do you think?  

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