The Weeping Stones: Okayama’s Sea-Firefly Photographs
Blue light seems to pour down dark rocks on an Okayama beach. The photographs are beautiful—and easy to misunderstand if they arrive without...
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Japan: Cultural Places & Beautiful Landscapes
A carefully framed view or a small detail can reveal a different side of a destination. Browse our Japan archive for cultural places and landscapes, then explore the wider Asia collection for more discoveries.
Start with Arashiyama Bamboo Grove: A Better Half-Day in Kyoto and Takachiho Gorge: Rowboats, Waterfalls and a Day in Kyushu.
LOGOS Decagon Shelters: How a Connected Campsite Design Fits Together
Some camping photographs make you want a quieter spot. These make you want to invite a few friends. The Japanese outdoor brand LOGOS develop...
Vincent Urban’s In Japan: A Travel Film through Everyday Moments
A station announcement, a quick movement through a crowd, the pause before the next train: Vincent Urban's In Japan gathers the country ...
SkyCycle at Washuzan Highland: Pedalling Above the Seto Inland Sea
SkyCycle's surprise is its pace. Instead of racing through loops, riders pedal a small vehicle along an elevated track, with the surroun...
Book and Bed Tokyo: The Original Bookshelf-Sleeping Concept
Some books are difficult to put down, even when the sensible thing would be to turn out the light. Book and Bed Tokyo took that small pleasu...
Arkadiusz Podniesinski’s Fukushima Photographs: Reading a Dated Record
Cars nearly disappear beneath leaves. An ordinary place becomes difficult to recognise. Arkadiusz Podniesiński’s Fukushima photographs are p...
Tsuneko Sasamoto: Curiosity, Photojournalism and Flower Glow
Some photographers teach us where to look. Tsuneko Sasamoto also reminds us to keep looking: at public events, at changing streets and at th...
Takashi Yasui’s Everyday Japan: Learning to See Familiar Streets
A red umbrella against a pale surface. A figure framed by repeating gates. A flowering tree standing quietly beneath mist. Takashi Yasui’s p...
Hidenobu Suzuki’s Japan: Landscape Photographs with a Painterly Mood
Pink blossom fills one scene; layers of distant hills soften into another. A patchwork of rice terraces holds the last light between dark sl...
Southern Japan by Drone: Six Island Landscapes in One Film
A cliff drops into clear water, a forest fills the frame, and another stretch of coast appears a few seconds later. A short film can make so...
Yunessun in Hakone: Themed Baths and a Playful Spa Day
A giant bottle pours above a wine-coloured pool, and a familiar bathing ritual takes a playful turn. Yunessun in Hakone is known for themed ...
Tokyo to San Francisco: An 83-Second Flight Time-Lapse
A band of light appears above the clouds, then spreads across the horizon. In the short flight time-lapse shared by the YouTube account psp7...
Hitachi Seaside Park: Nemophila on Miharashi Hill
When nemophila blooms across Miharashi Hill, Hitachi Seaside Park seems to borrow a little of the sky and spread it over the ground. The ind...
Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium: The Kuroshio Sea Film and Its Setting
A large ray moves across the blue window, and people on the other side become silhouettes. Churaumi’s Kuroshio Sea tank offers a powerful se...
Ōkunoshima: Rabbits, Island Paths and Wartime History
A rabbit pauses beside the path, ears raised, while the sea sits quietly beyond the island’s greenery. Ōkunoshima’s animals have made it fam...
Seagaia Ocean Dome: Japan’s Former Indoor Beach
Palm trees, an artificial shoreline and a huge roof overhead: Seagaia’s Ocean Dome once turned a beach day into an indoor spectacle. Its pho...
Japan’s Former Gulliver’s Kingdom: A Theme-Park Photo Archive
A giant figure lies among faded paths, while Mount Fuji appears behind a row of colourful buildings. The old photographs of Japan’s Gulliver...
Aogashima: Life and Travel on Tokyo’s Volcanic Island
From above, Aogashima looks like an island holding another small mountain inside itself. Steep outer cliffs surround a green basin, with an ...