Asuka Visions: Relocated to Australia

Hello my dear Asuka Vision supporters!

For those who have not yet heard, here is my life update: Asuka Visions has moved to Australia.

At the end of last year I finally got to make the grand move to the opposite side of the world: Australia.
Although not too public about it, I have been waiting for Australia to open up since early 2021. At the end of the year, the country decided to open their border. Upon notice I gathered my belongings once again, similarly to when I moved from Oregon to New York, and took a 40 hours trip to land in Melbourne, Australia.

Writing this

today, it would be almost a month since arriving. How fast time flies. During the first week, it felt unreal. To think that at the opposite side of the world from where I grew up, there is land. Clean air, beautiful trees, majestic creatures. Life has existed my entire life, and I never knew of it. It is humbling. It is awe-inspiring.

Luckily, within the first few weeks upon arrival I made a new friend who enjoys adventures. Early New Years, she took me on a road trip along the Great Ocean Road. There she and I saw many wonderful creatures and landscapes. Of course, I photographed them on film. What a treat to have made such a sweet friend so quickly. She calls me crazy asian. She is pretty dang correct. Currently I am awaiting to receive the images back from my local film lab. Stay tuned :)

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In regards to bookings,

the change in locations would evidently lead to having a new client base down here. That said for my friends up in the northern hemisphere, I am still available for travel shoots for a few months of 2022.

Asuka Visions is available for travel bookings June, July, August & December 2022.

Sydney Moments

Some moments from my trip to Sydney. This trip was probably the trip where I missed my husband the most, as he spent two years of his life there before meeting me. Having met up with some of his friends, I felt like I was tracing his footsteps. Bittersweet experience. Here are some of the things which I captured while roaming around the land of Aussies.

There must have been a school trip to visit the same place as myself. So many little ones (even shorter than myself) in these yellow polo shirts & brown sweaters roaming about. I wonder what they were thinking. 

Student and Sydney University

Sydney Opera House

It's amazing to know that I remember exactly where I was when taking this photo. I guess photos really are a ticket back to a moment once experienced.

Probably one of my favorite images. Taken at the tallest building in Sydney. Sydney was kind enough to demonstrate a height comparison chart with the other tallest buildings in their city. Sydney's was proudly one of the shortest buildings built. 

The passenger sitting in front of me in the train. 

Waited forever like a real creeper to get the right angle of her face to be in view. 

The lovely greener that was in front of the apartment complex that I stayed at. 

Masumi

From One to Two

After visiting Rottnest Island I headed over to the other side of Australia: Sydney. I want to share with you a sweet incident that occurred while I was heading over to a dessert shop there. Having exited the train station, I was in the middle of walking down the path that directed me toward my destination but while walking I saw something that caught my eye. A small shop that seemed to sell an item that my husband told me to make sure to eat in Sydney: the Chico Roll. 

So I headed straight to the shop, allowing my prior plan to postpone for a bit. After a short talk with the man in the front of the shop I opted to try the chicken roll due to not eating beef. It was clear to him that I was a visitor, because I asked what was in a Chico roll, a big giveaway to a Sydney native huh?. We started talking about where I was from, and he got excited when I told him that I'm from Portland. His brother went there for a while!  

He shared with me a little about his brother & his venture to my land of pretty trees & food carts. He also wanted to tell me about the kindest lady he has ever met, the employee who was a lady standing behind him. Want to see the face of the kindest lady ever? She let me take a photo ^^. The one to the right! After maybe a good ten minutes of talking, he asked me if I wanted "tomato sauce" with my chicken roll. I wasn't sure whether to try it with the tomato sauce, and so he took out another chicken roll & put the tomato sauce on. "On the house." It was good.

One day I'll find this Chico roll shop again & tell him that I've never forgotten our fun encounter. That it made my day. Also, that I felt too full to eat my expensive dessert from trying to eat two chicken rolls.