Ross Churchley

A pair of train tracks and overhead wires run straight past a platform and into the distance.

Photo of the day for 2025-07-06

Japan • Kyōto • Fushimi

The stone foundation of a Japanese castle and the white lower walls of the keep. One of the keep windows is decorated with an ornate gable.

Photo of the day for 2025-04-10

Japan • Ishikawa • Kanazawa • Kanazawa Castle

Tourists walk through a passage formed by dozens of bright red torii gates extending into the distance.

Photo of the day for 2025-02-28

Japan • Kyōto • Fushimi Inari Taisha

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

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

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 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

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

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

A fountain topped with a cloud and a sword, but which could also be viewed as some sort of cute gremlin

Gee, that's random: Japan

A collection of curiosities from our trip

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 stamp with a train, Mt Fuji, and a castle

Eki stamps 2024

My notebook's local souvenirs