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2016 Cherry Blossom Photography Tour of Japan | Fuji Five Lakes

Jun 1, 2016

2016 Cherry Blossom Photography Tour of Japan | Fuji Five Lakes

Mt. Fuji as a reputation for being really shy, especially while visiting the Fuji Five Lakes outside of Winter. For the 2016 Cherry Blossom Photo Tour of Japan, Mt. Fuji was operating about half of our photographer sessions in the Fuji Five Lake area. Our hotel was at Lake Kawaguchi (where the photo above was [...]

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2016 Cherry Blossom Photography Tour of Japan | Maiko Portrait Session in Kyoto

May 29, 2016

2016 Cherry Blossom Photography Tour of Japan | Maiko Portrait Session in Kyoto

If you have stopped by my blog before, you may have noticed my group tours to Japan have participated in a few portrait sessions with real maiko as the subject of our portrait session in Kyoto. It’s rare for visitors or really Japanese as well, to meet a real maiko or geiko (geiko is what geisha [...]

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2016 Cherry Blossom Photography Tour of Japan | Portrait Session in Kyoto and Tokyo

May 28, 2016

2016 Cherry Blossom Photography Tour of Japan | Portrait Session in Kyoto and Tokyo

While in the USA, my main business is small boutique portrait photography studio, so while on these photo tours of Japan, I always enjoy working in a portrait session or two if the other photographers are interested. For the 2016 Cherry Blossom Tour of Japan, we not only had a portrait session with a real maiko [...]

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2016 Cherry Blossom Photography Tour of Japan | Arashiyama and Kenninji

May 27, 2016

2016 Cherry Blossom Photography Tour of Japan | Arashiyama and Kenninji

Even when visiting the same cities in Japan, every photography tour of Japan has some locations that I’m returning to and some locations that are new. When visiting Kyoto, Fushimi Inari is always one that photographers want to visit along with the bamboo forest in Arashiyama. One location in Kyoto that isn’t always on my list [...]

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2016 Cherry Blossom Photography Tour of Japan | Fushimi Inari Taisha

May 26, 2016

2016 Cherry Blossom Photography Tour of Japan | Fushimi Inari Taisha

Fushimi Inari Shrine in south eastern Kyoto is always a popular place to visit for photography tours of Kyoto or just as a normal tourist visiting Japan. Like the bamboo forest in Arashiyama though, if you don’t go early in the morning, good luck with getting photos without lot’s and lot’s of fellow tourists in [...]

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2016 Cherry Blossom Photography Tour of Japan | Himeji Castle

May 15, 2016

2016 Cherry Blossom Photography Tour of Japan | Himeji Castle

Himeji Castle is a great place to visit anytime of the year when traveling to Japan, but the best time to visit Himeji Castle to take photographs is probably during cherry blossom season. Japan’s most spectacular castle is also perhaps one of the top 2 or 3 spots to view and take photos of cherry [...]

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2016 Cherry Blossom Photography Tour of Japan | Hiroshima and Miyajima

May 14, 2016

2016 Cherry Blossom Photography Tour of Japan | Hiroshima and Miyajima

Miyajima is a small and beautiful island off the coast of Hiroshima in Japan. Like the tides that come and go to make Itsukushima’s Great Torii float or just stick out of the sand, hordes of visitors come to visit Miyajima during the day and leave in the afternoon or early evening. Especially during the [...]

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2016 Cherry Blossom Photography Tour of Japan  |  Tokyo

May 13, 2016

2016 Cherry Blossom Photography Tour of Japan | Tokyo

Cherry blossom season in Japan is a beautiful time of year if you are lucky enough for good timing! Besides the cherry blossoms blooming slight different times in different years, after the cherry blossoms bloom, one strong storm can wash off a lot of the cherry blossoms. In 2015 the cherry blossom photo tour of [...]

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