Ross Churchley

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

A crowd of tourists passes through one of the torii gates of Fushimi Inari shrine.

Photo of the day for 2025-01-19

Japan • Kyōto • Fushimi Inari Taisha

A back view of Kanazawa Castle's keep. In the background, autumn-coloured trees, a castle turret, and the forested hills of Utatsuyama are visible.

Photo of the day for 2025-01-18

Japan • Ishikawa • Kanazawa • Kanazawa Castle

A knee-level view looking across a wooden pedestrian bridge. The bridge is illuminated by lights under the guardrails, and the sky above is a deep navy blue after sunset.

Photo of the day for 2025-01-17

Japan • Ishikawa • Kanazawa • Higashi Chaya

The standard tourist photograph of Kanazawa's Kenrokuen garden. A stone lantern is in front of a pond, and behind it are pine trees, each supported by ropes tied to a tall pole.

Photo of the day for 2025-01-16

Japan • Ishikawa • Kanazawa • Kenrokuen

A cityscape from an elevated vantage point. In the distance, trees with red, orange, and gold leaves line both sides of a city street, the only gap in an area otherwise densely packed with mid-rise apartments. In the foreground, green trees partially obscure the view.

Photo of the day for 2025-01-15

Japan • Ishikawa • Kanazawa

A stone bridge leads to the outer walls and turret gate of Kanazawa Castle. Trees line the street below the bridge, and the clear sky is dotted with clouds.

Photo of the day for 2025-01-14

Japan • Ishikawa • Kanazawa • Kanazawa Castle

A quiet street scene in Kanazawa's historic Higashi Chaya district. There are wooden tea houses built close together with tiled roofs and shoji windows.

Photo of the day for 2025-01-13

Japan • Ishikawa • Kanazawa • Higashi Chaya

A wooden bridge spans a river, with autumn colours covering the hills in the background

Photo of the day for 2025-01-12

Japan • Ishikawa • Kanazawa • Asano River

The browning leaves of dormant water lilies cover Shinobazu Pond. In the background, a willow and other trees stand in Ueno Park.

Photo of the day for 2025-01-11

Japan • Tōkyō • Taitō • Ueno Park

A fish market, a standing bar, and other shops built in the arches of an elevated train track.

Photo of the day for 2025-01-10

Japan • Tōkyō • Chiyoda • Hibiya

A red subway car stopped at a long, empty platform that curves into the distance.

Photo of the day for 2025-01-09

Japan • Tōkyō • Bunkyō • Ochanomizu Station

A small shrine sandwiched between large office buildings on a side street in Tōkyō.

Photo of the day for 2025-01-08

Japan • Tōkyō • Chiyoda • Kanda • Onjukuinari Shrine

A moment of relaxation in an urban park setting at sunset. Couples on blankets and small groups are scattered across a grassy field surrounded by trees in autumn colours.

Photo of the day for 2025-01-07

Japan • Tōkyō • Shibuya • Yoyogi Park

An old-fashioned lamppost suspended between two freeway overpasses

Photo of the day for 2025-01-06

Japan • Tōkyō • Chūō • Nihonbashi

The moat outside the Japanese Imperial Palace, with skyscrapers in the distance and trees of the palace gardens on the right.

Photo of the day for 2025-01-05

Japan • Tōkyō • Chiyoda • Imperial Palace East Garden

A pier on the Fraser River is bathed in the gold light of the low winter sun

Photo of the day for 2025-01-04

Canada • BC • Vancouver