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This very special moment was captured during the very first light fall on the peak of Mt Fuji from a cliff side near the Enoshima area. I walked to this vantage point around 3am after celebrating the peaceful lighting of candles throughout the night by the monks at a temple in Kamakura. I raised the shadows in this image to show the surfers on the face of the water and expose the bridge to Enoshima island as the first light on Mt Fuji's snow covered cap does not equate to a lit sea due to the light reaching Fuji's peak a good 20 minutes before reaching sea level. Every year in Japan surfers and windsurfers can be seen in the very cold water well before first light waiting to greet the new year from their spiritual home that is the sea of Japan.