A photograph taken at the peak of Arashiyama’s autumn beauty is offered as a New Year’s greeting to readers around the world and to all those in the author’s hometown.
The image also resonates with the author’s latest commentary.

I offer this as a New Year’s greeting to readers around the world and to everyone in my hometown.
2016-01-03
The following photograph was taken on December 7 of last year, when the autumn leaves of Arashiyama were at their absolute peak.
As for my photographs, a friend has told me that one day they will be preserved permanently as my own photo gallery, with himself serving as its curator, and so I keep them all.
This image is one that will not be exhibited, due to reasons such as people appearing in it.
Even so, it fully conveys my feelings toward Arashiyama and the beauty of Arashiyama itself.
I present this single photograph as a New Year’s greeting to readers across the world and to all the people of my hometown.
At the same time, I deliver it to the world as an image connected to the essay I wrote earlier this morning.