Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan1 August 2024

Tracking the Yama-no-Kami

Understanding the symbol of the Asiatic Black Bear during my months spent scrambling mountains and researching this beautiful species in the Japanese countryside.

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A bench with a distant view of Mount Asama. — Mount Asama - the volcano that watches over Karuizawa

Two people changing the batteries of radio antennae. — Hurried hands replacing the batteries of the telemetry equiptment used to locate collared bears.

A truck carrying a barrel trap with a bear inside for release. — Moments before releasing a bear that was captured edging its way closer to town.

Two men checking if a captured bear is sedated, before release. — The tricky task of sedating a bear that wandered too close to town.

Telemetry equiptment inside the vans used on night patrols of the town. — Nights spent listening to the hum of the tracking radio from inside the K-van.