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Suruga Bay, Japan
High and low
From the shores of Japan's deepest bay, gorgeous blue-hued views of the nation's highest point abound. The 3,745-metre Mount Fuji rises just 25 kilometres or so from the edge of Suruga Bay, which measures 2,500 metres deep. In the mid-1800s, the traditional printmaker Hiroshige made deft use of Prussian blue pigment – then a fairly new sensation in Japan – to immortalise a similar view from Suruga Bay via woodblock prints. Something you won't see in the old prints are the distinctive barrel-shaped concrete breakwaters, which keep Suruga's rough waves at bay.
High and low
From the shores of Japan's deepest bay, gorgeous blue-hued views of the nation's highest point abound. The 3,745-metre Mount Fuji rises just 25 kilometres or so from the edge of Suruga Bay, which measures 2,500 metres deep. In the mid-1800s, the traditional printmaker Hiroshige made deft use of Prussian blue pigment – then a fairly new sensation in Japan – to immortalise a similar view from Suruga Bay via woodblock prints. Something you won't see in the old prints are the distinctive barrel-shaped concrete breakwaters, which keep Suruga's rough waves at bay.
Whether captured on film or depicted in art, this bay is as beautiful as it is deep.
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