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The famous lights at Ebisu Bridge in Dōtonbori, Osaka, shimmering in the Dōtonbori Canal.

Japan, Osaka, Dōtonbori

Thousands of paper cranes outside the Children’s Peace Monument in Hiroshima, Japan.

Japan, Hiroshima, Children’s Peace Monument

Life bustles on a miniature scale in the Tokyo Origami Museum, Japan.

Japan, Tokyo, Tokyo Origami Museum

Fushimi Inari is the most famous Shinto shrine in southern Kyoto, Japan.

Japan, Kyoto, Fushimi Inari

A snow monkey watches tourists taking photos at Jigokudani Monkey Park in Japan.

Japan, Yamanouchi, Jigokudani Monkey Park

A singer from Japanese electronic pop duo FEMM performs on top of a gigantic plastic cake in the Kawaii Monster Cafe in Harajuku, Japan.

Japan, Tokyo, Kawaii Monster Cafe

Headstones honouring the dead sit amongst modern tower blocks in Tokyo’s serene Zōshigaya Cemetery, Minami-Ikebukuro.

Japan, Tokyo, Zōshigaya Cemetery

Coins inserted into cracks in a wooden torii gate at the summit of Mount Fuji, Japan.

Japan, Mount Fuji

A legendary Japanese monster, glimpsed through a peephole in the Yokai House and Stone Museum in Okoke, Japan.

Japan, Okoke, Yokai House and Stone Museum

This handsome macaque wearing a yukata is one of Japan’s most famous monkeys. Yat-chan is a waiter at the Kayabukiya Tavern, a traditional sake-house restaurant (izakaya) in the city of Utsunomiya, north of Tokyo.

Japan, Utsunomiya, Kayabukiya Tavern

The Sagano Bamboo Forest in Arashiyama – on the outskirts of Koyto, Japan.

Japan, Arashiyama, Sagano Bamboo Forest

Gotokuji temple in Tokyo’s Setagaya Ward.

Japan, Tokyo, Gotokuji temple

Retro Space Saka Hall in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.

Japan, Sapporo, Retro Space Saka Hall

The artificial island, Odaiba, in Tokyo Bay, Japan.

Japan, Tokyo, Odaiba

Yoyogi Park, near the fashionable Harajuku district of Tokyo, Japan.

Japan, Tokyo, Yoyogi Park

Dogs dressed in jumpers and sunglasses in downtown Osaka, Japan

Japan, Osaka

A statue covered in moss at the Hozenji Temple in Osaka, Japan.

Japan, Osaka, Hozenji Temple

A Japanese macaque bathes in a hot pool at Jigokudani Monkey Park, Japan

Japan, Yamanouchi, Jigokudani Monkey Park

A human sized scarecrow is made to replace a dwindling population in Nagoro, Japan

Japan, Iya Valley, Nagoro scarecrow village

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