Synopsis

A myriad of colored lights shimmered against the night. This is the view from a sprawling tent encampment nestled in the Northern Alps of Nagano, Japan, a spectacle visible only during the autumn foliage season. Some visitors forgo the climb to the peak, content to simply absorb the panorama. One man remarked, "It had been my dream to share a tent with my young child. Each shelter, pitched on the rocky slopes at 2,300 meters above sea level, held its own unique history... Three days suspended in