David Stanley
@southpacifictravel
male Nanaimo, BC, Canada
David Stanley has authored numerous travel guidebooks for Lonely Planet and Moon Handbooks. He has seen every country in the world and visited all but one.
Midori no Shima or Green Island is a public park in Hakodate Harbor at Hakodate, Japan. 
The City of Hakodate, Japan, lies on a peninsula between Hakodate Harbor and the Tungaru Strait at the southwest end of Hokkaido Island. 
The Aomori Bay Promenade at Aomori, Japan, leads out along the breakwater to West Lighthouse on Aomori Bay. 
Cone-shaped West Lighthouse (1961) is just a short walk from the cruise terminal in Aomori, Japan. 
This Nebuta lantern float at Aomori, Japan, depicts Bishamonten, one of the Seven Lucky Gods considered a guardian of wealth and fortune. 
This Neputa lantern float was on display at the cruise terminal in Aomori, Japan. 
Mythical gods appear on this fan-like Neputa lantern at the Tsugaru-han Neputa Village in Hirosaki, Japan. 
An image of a dancer appears on this Neputa lantern at the Tsugaru-han Neputa Village in Hirosaki, Japan. 
Enormous paper and wire lantern floats from the Hirosaki Neputa Matsuri Festival in August can be seen at Tsugaru-han Neputa Village in Hirosaki, Japan. 
The rose-pink cherry blossoms of Hirosaki, Japan, can be spectacular. 
