What is life?
It is a flash of a firefly in the night.
It is a breath of a buffalo in the winter time.
It is as the little shadow that runs across the grass
and loses itself in the sunset.
Crowfoot, Blackfoot Tribal Chief
All images are time-lapsed photos of fireflies by Tsuneaki Hiramatsu
Taken various locations in and around Maniwa and Okayama Prefecture, Japan