Mount Fuji rising above a lake, snow-capped and lit by afternoon sun, silhouetted reeds framing the foreground.

Series

Japan

A circuit through Kyoto's shrine paths, Osaka's skyline, and a clear-day view of Fuji from the lake shore. The series stays close to the traditional and the vast at once — a torii tunnel at dusk, a castle roofline against blue sky, a city breaking into color as the light goes.

Walking toward the Yasaka Pagoda through Kyoto's Higashiyama district at dusk. — Kyoto

Passing beneath a tunnel of red torii gates at Fushimi Inari, lanterns lighting the path ahead. — Fushimi Inari

A stone fox guards a red torii gate against a heavy grey sky at a Kyoto shrine.

Mount Fuji framed by wind-blown reeds, cloud breaking around the summit.

Visitors line the railing of an Osaka observation deck as the sky burns orange through heavy cloud.

Osaka Castle's gilded roofline against a clear blue sky, spring branches framing the foreground.

Osaka's skyline fading into dusk, storm light breaking gold along the horizon.

Looking up along a temple eave to a gilded roof ornament against streaked blue sky.