Ross Churchley

A statue of the legendary prince Yamato Takeru against a clear blue sky

Photo of the day for 2025-02-12

Japan • Ishikawa • Kanazawa • Kenrokuen

A statue of Queen Victoria, almost in silhouette, against a clear blue sky

Photo of the day for 2025-02-11

Canada • BC • Victoria • BC Parliament Buildings

A statue of an athletic young man raising his forearm is dramatically illuminated from one side.

Photo of the day for 2025-02-10

Japan • Ishikawa • Kanazawa • Kanazawa Castle Park

The statue of Godzilla outside Toho Cinemas Hibiya

Photo of the day for 2025-02-09

Japan • Tōkyō • Chiyoda • Yūrakuchō

The silhouette of a heron perched atop a tree, against the red clouds and blue sky at sunset

Photo of the day for 2025-02-08

Japan • Kyōto • Maruyama Park

A crow walks along the side of a road at sunset

Photo of the day for 2025-02-07

Japan • Ishikawa • Kanazawa • Utatsuyama

A small kingfisher sits on a concrete block in front of a shallow green river

Photo of the day for 2025-02-06

Japan • Kyōto • Kamo River

A colony of white egrets roost on a tree with yellowing leaves

Photo of the day for 2025-02-05

Japan • Ishikawa • Kanazawa • Asano River

A group of large-billed crows surround and pick at a small tree stump

Photo of the day for 2025-02-04

Japan • Tōkyō • Shibuya • Yoyogi Park

A sparrow standing on the edge of a Japanese roof faces away and to the left

Photo of the day for 2025-02-03

Japan • Kyōto • Gion

A heron stands in a river below and facing a short waterfall

Photo of the day for 2025-02-02

Japan • Kyōto • Kamo River

A small fox statue guarding a torii gate at Fushimi Inari Taisha

Photo of the day for 2025-02-01

Japan • Kyōto • Fushimi Inari Taisha

Two smiling plushies in a cubby, shaped like the generic Pokémon doll created from the move Substitute.

Photo of the day for 2025-01-31

Japan • Tōkyō • Chūō • Pokémon Center Tōkyō DX

An over-the-shoulder action shot of a crane game, with the claw hovering over a plush of a cat wearing a hat with a mandarin orange on it.

Photo of the day for 2025-01-30

Japan • Kyōto

A simplified cartoon version of Georges Seurat's painting "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte", with several small cute pandas added.

Photo of the day for 2025-01-29

Japan • Tōkyō • Taitō • Ueno

Stuffed dolls of a kitsune and a swallow, both dressed as train conductors, in the window of a train.

Photo of the day for 2025-01-28

Japan • Kyōto • Kyōto Railway Museum

A box whose wrapping depicts a mustachioed round doll decorated with gold leaf, flowers, and trees.

Photo of the day for 2025-01-27

Japan • Ishikawa • Kanazawa

A statue of Pikachu riding Ho-oh. The photo is a close-up of on Ho-oh's head, with Pikachu and Ho-oh's wings out of focus in the background.

Photo of the day for 2025-01-26

Japan • Kyōto • Pokémon Center

Torii gates overlooking the city of Kyoto

Photo of the day for 2025-01-25

Japan • Kyōto • Fushimi Inari Taisha

A small shinto shrine building nestled between two tall apartment buildings

Photo of the day for 2025-01-24

Japan • Kyōto • Shijō-Karasuma

A corridor formed from glass and steel beams, illuminated by the natural light of a cloudy day.

Photo of the day for 2025-01-23

Japan • Kyōto • Kyōto Station

A taxi waits on a tiny bridge, barely longer than the taxi itself, which spans a narrow, shallow canal flanked by trees.

Photo of the day for 2025-01-22

Japan • Kyōto

A white cat sits next to a tree and looks around the surrounding city park.

Photo of the day for 2025-01-21

Japan • Kyōto • Maruyama Park

A view of the mountains surrounding Kyōto. In the foreground, a bridge spans the shallow waters of the Kamo river. There are tour buses on the bridge and people walking on the riverbank path to the left.

Photo of the day for 2025-01-20

Japan • Kyōto • Kamo River