Bright green moss grows around and on top of a staircase, winding up a small hill in Okuno-in cemetery in Koyasan, Japan.

0004 — Moss on Stairs in a Cemetery



Photo taken on 2015-08-06 in Koyasan, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Fujifilm X100F, f/8, ISO 6400, 1/60s

There is a cemetery just outside of a small mountain town in southern Japan. The stone pathways, shaded by large trees, even on warm summer days, remain cool enough for the bright green moss to grow and thrive. The sunlight peeks through the leaves, dappling the ground.

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