Ross Churchley

The underside of Tōkyō's metropolitan expressway, suspended above a river. The far side of the river is bathed in sunlight, contrasting with the shadows cast by the overpass.

Photo of the day for 2025-02-25

Japan • Tōkyō • Chiyoda • Ōtemachi

Tall, leafless trees are partially obscured by fog, in a square bounded by a Brutalist concrete building.

Photo of the day for 2025-02-24

Canada • BC • Burnaby • Simon Fraser University

A large room with a low ceiling supported by many wide concrete pillars. The room has tiled white floors, fluorescent lighting, and is completely empty aside from the rows of pillars.

Photo of the day for 2025-02-23

Japan • Ishikawa • Kanazawa • Kanazawa Station Event Square

The sun sets over the city of Kanazawa, with Kanazawa Castle in the foreground in shadow.

Photo of the day for 2025-02-18

Japan • Ishikawa • Kanazawa • Kanazawa Castle

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 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

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

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

An old-fashioned lamppost suspended between two freeway overpasses

Photo of the day for 2025-01-06

Japan • Tōkyō • Chūō • Nihonbashi

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

Fact

Five o'clock melodies

Japan's pleasant emergency alert tests

A Japanese sign attached to a telephone pole points to a fire hydrant below

Japanese fire infrastructure

The hydrants are underground

A yellow fire hydrant with a yellow cap on the front. It is surrounded by fallen leaves on grass.

What colour is a fire hydrant?

Each BC municipality uses a different scheme