
Wooden plaques bearing prayers or wishes written to the spirits at the Inaba Shrine in Gifu, Japan.

Wooden plaques bearing prayers or wishes written to the spirits at the Inaba Shrine in Gifu, Japan.

An empty road among barren fields in Hotaka, Japan.

Signs posted along a quiet road through snow-covered fields in Hotaka, Japan.

A field of wasabi plants growing at the Daiō Wasabi Farm in Hotaka, Japan.

A variety of materials combine to make up the wall of this house in Matsumoto, Japan.

At the heart of the city is its castle, Matsumoto-jō, in Matsumoto, Japan.

A girl comes out of a shop on Yanaka Ginza with her cat cookies, in Tokyo, Japan.

Red flowers in a basket on a vent found in a narrow alleyway in Yanaka, Tokyo, Japan.

Getting directions on the crowded streets of Harajuku, in Tokyo, Japan.

Some schoolchildren are told to wait at a crosswalk in Daikenyama, Tokyo, Japan.