Photograph by Michael Yamashita @yamashitaphoto I took this photograph for a National Geographic story on #Basho, Japan’s greatest poet, who traveled the back roads of northern Japan. “The road gods beckoned.” Thus Matsuo Basho set off in 1689 into Japan’s backcountry. His journal, Narrow Road to a Far Province, described a path, still visible on Natagiri Pass, that devotees have followed ever since. #tohoku #fall #fallcolors #autumn #Japan @natgeo @natgeocreative @thephotosociety by natgeo http://ift.tt/1O8u8CO – Gatlinburg Garden Castle Rainbow Tower Library Imagination Station Temple Water Spirit Guardian Labyrinth Treasury Magic Healing