Photo essays, guides, and stories from across Japan — exploring landscapes, culture, and hidden corners through the lens of travel photography.
Photo Journey Along Japan’s Yumeshima Kaidō Japan’s Seto Inland Sea is scattered with hundreds of islands, each offering a unique mix of quiet fishing villages, citrus orchards, golden beaches, historic architecture, and active shipyards. While many of these islands are only accessible by ferry, some are connected by sweeping bridges that form part of the […]
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Yakushima: A Land of Rain, Forest, and Myth Yakushima, a remote, mountainous island in Kagoshima Prefecture, lies just off the southern coast of Kyushu. Famed for its lush, ancient cedar forests and intense rainfall, Yakushima is a place where nature takes center stage in its most dramatic form. Locals claim it rains “35 days a
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A Photographer’s Guide to Miyazaki: Surf, Nature & Hidden Corners Escaping the Cold: Southbound to Sunshine Miyazaki Prefecture, tucked away in the south of Japan on the island of Kyushu, is known for its stunning beaches, great surf, rugged rocky capes, and dramatic coastal scenery. The coastline is full of wild rock formations and subtropical-looking
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The Notsuke Peninsula: A Photographer’s Dream in Eastern Hokkaido The Notsuke Peninsula is a wild, windswept sand spit on the eastern side of Hokkaido, just south of the famous Shiretoko Peninsula. Stretching 26–28 km into the Sea of Okhotsk, it is Japan’s longest sand spit, shaped like a fishhook with the shallow and sheltered Notsuke
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