Cherry Blossoms Flood the Inokashira Park Lake in Tokyo
Every spring, photographer Danilo Dungo spends time at Inokashira Park in Tokyo, famous for its abundance of blooming cherry trees. The photographer has become a master at capturing the event from all angles, especially with aerial shots that show the pink flowers covering the nearby lake. Seen here are a handful of shots from the last two years, but you can explore much more on his NatGeo Your Shot page.
Japanese photographer Takahiro Yamamoto dwarfs the massive city of Tokyo in his series called It’s a Small World. Using the tilt-shift technique, he selectively focuses on a tiny sliver of the overall image while the rest is left as a blur of color and shapes. The portion that’s legible resembles the type of miniaturized toys you’d see on a model train set.
Photographer Gets Lost in the Beauty of Tokyo's Neon Streets at Night
Liam Wong injects a unique cyberpunk flavour into his images, casting a light upon the dark corners and back alleys that twist throughout Tokyo. His photographs manage to precisely capture the dynamism of the bustling city lit by bright neon signs and artificial lights, making one question the reality depicted in each photograph. With a distinct futuristic feel, most of Wong’s portfolio gives the sense that you were dropped into the middle of a stylish video game set in Japan’s animated capital.
Stunning Tokyo Cityscapes Resemble Computer-Generated Works of Art
Atop Tokyo's Roppongi Hills tower, visitors are greeted with views so breathtaking, they look as though they're computer generated. The towering sky deck, located 820 feet above sea level, may account for these impressively picturesque cityscapes. Thanks to the tower's spectacular height, photographers are able to capture more than just the streets of Tokyo. From behind their lens, they can witness the sunset color the sky with wondrous hues, the fog as it envelops towering structures, and the countless multicolored lights that shine out from the metropolis' skyscrapers. With all these elements working together, a panorama shot from the sky deck looks like something straight out of a digital dream.
Night Photography in Tokyo’s Back Alleys
Japanese photographer Masashi Wakui captures Tokyo’s streets at night, and especially neon lights and the atmosphere that comes from the little back alleys behind the stores. He accentuates the lights and the haze to add a bit of depth to his pictures similar to Blade Runner by Ridley Scott’s aesthetic.
Magnifying Glass Reveals In-Focus Tokyo Among a Dazzling Blurred Landscape
Japanese photographer Takashi Kitajima captures the same Tokyo scenes in two different ways and juxtaposes them in one gorgeous composition. His series is titled Glassporthole, and it features a diffused and blurry view of the city where the buildings, streets, and signage are fused into a dazzling mixture of color, light, and shape. In addition to the abstract images, Kitajima also looks at the landscape through a magnifying glass.
Kaleidoscopic Tokyo Timelapse
Japanese music group “LLLL” revealed the music video of his new track “Only silence” directed by Darwinfish 105. Video alternates series of timelapses and kaleidoscopic visions of Tokyo and catches us.
Dazzling Tokyo Cityscapes Seen Through Colorfully Dreamy Bokeh
A computer software engineer by day, Takashi Kitajima hits the streets of Tokyo after work hours, armed with his camera and a vision of the city as a dreamy wonderland. Through his lens, the bustling metropolis melts away into colorful layers of creamy bokeh that are stunning to behold.
Fantastic Cities: An Exquisite Architectural Coloring Book for Creative, Stressed-Out Adults
Canadian artist Steve McDonald is known for creating highly-detailed, bird's-eye view illustrations of cities, villages, and rural areas, which were the inspiration behind his first coloring book. Fantastic Cities is a unique achievement that combines aerial views of real cities and kaleidoscope-like architectural mandalas. Some of the featured cities that are available for imaginative coloring include Istanbul and Amsterdam, with exquisite locales from New York, Tokyo, London, Paris, and more.
Miniature Cities Pop Up On The Foods That Are Iconic Of Them
To remind people of the relationship between their city and the typical meal that defines it, illustrator Bea Crespo and photographer Andrea G.Portoles have collaborated on a photo-illustration project titled “BrunchCity” that features miniature landscapes of famous cities popping up on the foods that are iconic of them.
