Nakagusuku Kogen Hotel in a LIFE Books Special

Date CapturedMay 1st, 2016 at 22:23 UTCCameraNIKON D3100LensAF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED IIApertureƒ / 3.5Shutter Speed1/30 secFocal Length20.0 mmISO400Exposure Value8.5 EVOriginal Size1200 × 800

Last year one of my photos from Nakagusuku Kogen Hotel (中城高原ホテル) was picked up by LIFE Books for the publication of The World’s Most Haunted Places. I have yet to complete my own write-up of this fantastical and awe-inspiring ruin in Okinawa but I will certainly get around to it sooner or later. Appearing in a LIFE publication of any kind is also pretty cool even if it isn’t the original magazine, which my mother used to collect and keep around the house while I was growing up. She proudly bought a couple copies when she heard the news and the special hit the supermarket stands back home in Canada.