Sea of Japan Sea Stack Photography

Today, I started leading a private Japan photo tour for autumn leaves and sea stacks.  Just a few days ago, I concluded my 2023 Essence of Autumn Japan photo workshop tour, and I could not have asked for a better group of participants.  Between workshops, my team and I took a few days break in an onsen highlands resort in Fukushima.  Our clients met us at a resort in Fukushima, and as soon as I heard that a storm was hitting the Sea of Japan, my clients and I quickly drove from the Pacific Ocean side of Japan to the Sea of Japan to photograph sea stacks amid a light autumn Ocean storm.  Normally, people drive away from storms, but not ocean stack photographers like me.  Plus, when we host Japan photography tours along the coastline, we Japan local expedition photo workshop leaders always carry lifelines-climbing rope in case of heavy waves so we can tie everyone up with lifelines for safety just in case of big waves, but to date, we have never had any need to test their efficacy.