A man smokes while fishing by the Uji River, Kyoto, Japan. September 2025

a busy street in tokyo, Japan. September 2025

a craft bartender makes a cocktail in a jazz bar, Kyoto, Japan. September 2025

a cosmo sits on a table while jass music plays from a turntable in kyoto, Japan. September 2025

a coiled fiddlehead at the Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, tokyo, Japan. September 2025

a fittonia albivenis at the Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, tokyo, Japan. September 2025

festival flags are displayed along a staircase to a shrine, nara, Japan. September 2025

deer feed, nara, Japan. September 2025

considered one of the most secure castles, the himeji castle is displayed in himeji, Japan. September 2025

one of the many statues atop the himjei castle, himeji, Japan. September 2025

RESIDENTIAL street in kyoto, Japan. September 2025

lanterns hang, kyoto, Japan. September 2025

a path leading upwards, uji, Japan. September 2025

a building atop the uji river, Japan. September 2025