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Jon Ferry

This two-week journey through Japan took place in late October into early November. The route began in Tokyo, exploring neighborhoods including the bustling Shibuya and Shinjuku to the trendy Shimokitazawa, Nakameguro, and Ebisu. I then continued to the west coast, using Kanazawa as a base to explore the region with day trips to Kurobe Gorge and Shirakawa-go Village. For the second leg, I moved to historic Kyoto including a day hike on the Nakasendo from Magome-juku to Tsumago-juku. Finally, a stop at Hiroshi Sugimoto's Enoura Observatory, before returning to Tokyo's Ginza district for the final days.

In total, I logged 241,177 steps over the 14 days.

All photos were shot on the Fujifilm X100VI with a Tiffen Glimmer Glass 1 filter. Almost everything you see below is straight out of the camera using a custom recipe I created based on Pacific Blues by Fuji X Weekly.

東京(Tōkyō)

A large wooden torii gate stands on a tree-lined path in a Japanese shrine, with a solitary figure walking through the gate's open entrance, surrounded by lush green foliage.
A grid of Japanese sake barrels (sake-daru) displays various brewery names and logos in traditional calligraphy, with white, beige, and occasional colorful backgrounds arranged in neat rows, representing different sake producers from across Japan.
A traditional Japanese shrine courtyard with stone-tiled ground, featuring a white-robed attendant sweeping near a wooden temple building, surrounded by lush green trees and several visitors walking quietly through the peaceful space.
A large stone torii gate stands at the center of a tree-lined path in Meiji Shrine, Tokyo. Visitors walk along the gravel path, surrounded by lush green trees creating a serene, forest-like atmosphere with soft, filtered sunlight.
Several red, white, and golden koi fish swimming in a dark, rippling pond with complex swirling water patterns, photographed from above in deep, moody tones.
A person wearing black stands facing a blurred green and white metro train at a Tokyo subway station, with platform safety barriers and signage visible.
A narrow urban street in Tokyo lined with electrical wires, bicyclists, and red Japanese signage, capturing the dense, layered texture of a typical residential neighborhood with buildings and utility poles crowding the streetscape.
A collection of white and red Maneki-neko (lucky cat) figurines of varying sizes, displaying raised paws and wearing red collars with bells, densely arranged in multiple rows at what appears to be a Japanese shop or temple display.
A blurred teal train passes through a crowded urban train crossing in Tokyo, with power lines overhead and a person standing near the gates, waiting against a backdrop of residential buildings and a pink festival banner.
A person stands on a multi-level escalator in a modern Japanese urban space, surrounded by golden-toned LED lighting and glass architectural elements. The moody, low-lit environment suggests an evening scene in a Tokyo transit or commercial building.
Multi-level escalators with golden lighting in an urban Japanese building, filled with people moving between floors. A large digital screen and reflective glass surfaces create a layered, modern architectural scene typical of Tokyo's contemporary design.
Aerial view of Tokyo Tower, a red and white communications tower resembling the Eiffel Tower, standing prominently among dense urban skyscrapers, green parks, and modern buildings in central Tokyo.
A vintage blue-gray Rolls-Royce sedan parked on a quiet Tokyo street, positioned in front of a modern beige building with large glass windows and vertical wooden slat design elements.
Dense cluster of vibrant red Japanese maple leaves (momiji) in autumn, with a blurred green background showing soft depth of field during fall season in Japan.
A tranquil Japanese garden with autumn-toned maple trees, featuring a rustic wooden fence, stone lantern, and lush greenery surrounding a small stone pathway and pond in a naturalistic landscape.
A serene Japanese garden with lush greenery, ferns, and a small pond where two red and white koi fish swim among the foliage, with a traditional Japanese building visible in the background.
A stone path winds through a dense bamboo grove, flanked by stone walls and lush green foliage in varying shades of green and yellow. The traditional Japanese garden pathway creates a serene, enclosed walkway with bamboo stems arching overhead.
A traditional Japanese garden in autumn, with a wooden teahouse nestled among trees displaying golden and green foliage. Lush vegetation frames a serene landscape, capturing the changing seasonal colors and tranquil architectural elements.
Silhouettes of two people sit in a traditional Japanese interior, looking out large windows onto a lush, green garden with trimmed hedges and a stone lantern, creating a serene, contemplative scene in soft, natural light.
A tranquil Japanese garden path with stone steps winds through moss-covered rocks, ferns, and trees, leading to a traditional ishidōrō (stone lantern) in a serene, green woodland setting.

金沢(Kanazawa)

京都(Kyōto)

中山道(Nakasendō)

江之浦測候所(Enoura Observatory)

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