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autumn in japan photo tour 2027

Japan Photo Tour

August 18, 2026
Last October and November, Midori and I ran our first ever Japan photo tour, and we are getting ready to run it again in 2026 and 2027! Our destination is the north east (Tohoku) region, and the timing is autumn ie late October and early November. We will visit beautiful scenic locations such as the...Read More
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Japan Photo Tour Webinar

March 21, 2026
This afternoon Midori and I hosted a short information session on Zoom to tell you all about this years autumn photography workshop in Japan. For those who weren’t able to join us live feel free to sit back and view the session here. We cover the itinerary in a fair bit of detail including a...Read More

Oirase River in Aomori

December 3, 2024
The Oirase River in Aomori is a photographers playground! The river flows out of Lake Towada and is part of the Towada-Hachimantai National Park. The river has countless waterfalls, cascades, mossy boulders and beautiful beech forests. It would be nice to visit all year round, but for photography purposes I have always wanted to visit...Read More

Hiraizumi Temple

November 29, 2024
Hiraizumi is a beautiful old temple district in Iwate Prefecture. Home to Chusonji and dating from the year 850 there are a large number of lovely old wooden temples and religious artifacts. The area is listed as World Heritage and well worth a visit on your travels through northern Japan. The area is accessed by...Read More

Autumn in Japan – Renge Falls

November 23, 2024
Autumn in Japan is well known for red maple leaves in the rustic old temples and manicured gardens of Kyoto. Another highlight of the season for me is the countless river gorges and waterfalls of the Tohoku region (north of Tokyo) that display all the colours of the autumnal pallette. Renge Falls in Fukushima is...Read More

Winter in Japan

January 30, 2023
I’d like to share these winter in Japan shots from various locations during our visit. We’ll be back in Tassie tomorrow, and it’s been a wonderful visit to Japan. Maybe I need to put the thinking cap on and come up with a Japanese photography tour – shoot me a message if this is something...Read More
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Japan Cherry Blossoms 2023

January 22, 2023
Japan’s first cherry blossoms of 2023 have bloomed! And no, it is not global warming gone wild, it is a specific type of cherry called the “kanhizakura” which blooms in January in Okinawa, Japan’s most southerly island. The rest of Japan will enjoy its cherry blossom season in the months ahead, typically in March, so...Read More
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Japanese Snow Monkey Park in Nagano

January 18, 2023
Our summer holiday continues with a trip to the Japanese snow monkey park at Jigokudani (literally translates to the Valley of Hell!!) in Nagano Prefecture.       Something, somewhere must have gone very wrong as hell really seemed to have frozen over on our arrival in Nagano. The forecast was for daytime temperatures of...Read More
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Waterfalls of Japan – Akiu Otaki

January 11, 2023
We are having a great summer holiday in wintery Japan and one of the first photo stops we enjoyed was a day trip to the beautiful Akiu Otaki (falls) in Miyagi Prefecture, Northern Japan. The falls are easily accessed by car from the nearby onsen (hot spring) town of Akiu. A short walk from the...Read More

Fireflies in Japan

July 31, 2018
Funnily enough, after many, many visits, I had never seen or photographed fireflies in Japan. This year, shortly after arriving, we spotted some articles in the newspaper saying they were out and about, so I made a couple of trips to nearby Koori to see for myself. The first visit basically coincided with a full...Read More

Omoi no taki

July 30, 2018
Omoi no taki is another great waterfall in Fukushima, Japan. It is located not far from the onsen (hot spring) town of Tsuchi-yu, meaning after a morning photographing waterfalls it was lunch and a visit to an “ashi-yu” – or hot spring for your feet. The walk is very pleasant (as long as you don’t...Read More
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