Oyama is a beautiful mountain located in Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture (about 1 hour from Tokyo). Halfway up the mountain lies Afuri Jinja, a beautiful shrine with breathtaking views of the Kanto Plateau. The shrine can be reached either by a one hour long hike up a steep path, or via a 6 minute cable car ride (I opted for the first option).
Every autumn during the season when the leaves turn red, there's a Autumn Leaves Illumination event at the shrine. During the event the nearby shops stay open a bit later than usual, and the mountain can be quite crowded. In fact, I was planning to take the Cable Car down after this event, but the line was so long so I decided to hike down in the dark instead, something that turned out to be much easier than expected.
This was filmed with a Fujifilm X-T3 in 4K 60FPS. The lens used is a Laowa 9mm f2.8, and the camera was mounted on a Zhiyun Crane for stability.
Shot in F-Log and graded in Adobe Premiere CC.
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