After he accepted the proposal in 1991, he had spent more than 270 days in the rigorous and frigid area of Mt. Paekdu only to take pictures of wonder that nobody could do. In pursuit of this, we sometimes expose ourselves to the fierce untrodden edges of mother nature. I stumbled in the face of raging winds and my body was thrown on the ground. Facing head-on pebble stones and small icy rocks flying amidst the strong wind, my face soon got frostbitten. After a long winter has passed by, there comes a brief period of spring around Mt. Paekdu.
All mountains are colorfully bright with fresh verdure.
From the foot up to the mountain top, all slopes are covered with high mountain flora such as alpine roses. Such a grand-scale flower carpet is no longer seen in Japan. They mistook the surface of the lake for the blue sky, lured into the water, and were drowned. They were resting there while drying up their drenched wings. As its name indicates, its mountain top always looks white due to the snow clustering around it.