photo credits
Photo Credits
A small number in the corner of a photograph leads here, to the photographer, or the hotel or ryokan, whose work it is.
The photographers
- 1
MIKI Yoshihito
Mount Yotei from the top of Niseko
- 2
Raita Futo
The runs of Happo-one beneath the Northern Alps, Hakuba
- 3
Raita Futo
Cedars deep in snow above the runs of Myoko
- 4
Walter Dziemianczyk
Above the valley at Rusutsu
- 5
SnowHoliday
Kiroro, in the mountains above Otaru
- 6
Masahiro Takagi
A run through the conifers at Tomamu
- 7
Matt Ketchum
A lane in Nozawa Onsen, under the snow
- 8
Julien (domsson)
A lane of Gion after rain, the teahouse lanterns lit
- 9
Kanenori
The snow film that opens the ski page
- 10
The Instagrapher
A sushi master's hands setting down a piece of nigiri, in the film that opens the home page
- 11
Ben Richards
Park Hyatt Niseko Hanazono in deep snow at dusk
- 12
Ben Richards
Skiers at the entrance of Park Hyatt Niseko Hanazono
- 13
pakku
Matsumae Castle's keep beside the cherry blossom, April 2015
- 14
Goryokaku-Tower
The star fort of Goryokaku in blossom, from its tower, Hakodate
- 15
Noe Garde
A family beneath a cherry tree in flower in the evening sun, Osaka
- 16
Jeremy Bishop
A skier in deep snow among frosted trees
- 17
Oliver Dickerson
Skiers climbing a ridge above the birches, Niseko
- 18
Julien
The pagoda lane of Higashiyama in snow, Kyoto
- 19
Syced
The Baccarat chandelier at Yebisu Garden Place, Tokyo, November 2023
- 20
Hideyuki Kamon
Nozawa Onsen beneath Mount Kenashi, Nagano, January 2007
- 21
663highland
Green basalt cliffs falling into the Okhotsk Sea, Shiretoko Peninsula
- 22
663highland
Asahidake and Sugatami Pond in summer, Daisetsuzan
- 23
Kzaral
The Kushiro wetland from its observation deck
- 24
Benlisquare
Lake Mashu in summer
- 25
663highland
The shore of Lake Akan
- 26
663highland
Mount Rausu above the Okhotsk shore, seen from the sea, Shiretoko
- 27
663highland
Ichiko, the first of the Shiretoko Five Lakes, holding the Shiretoko range
- 28
renshuchu
A red-crowned crane in summer grass, July 2022
- 29
663highland
The alpine meadow and stone path below the steaming cone of Asahidake, Daisetsuzan
- 30
katorisi
Salmon and salmon roe on rice, Shari
- 31
IRishikawa521
An empty prefectural road through summer green, northern Hokkaido
- 32
663highland
Asahidake and its fumaroles above Sugatami Pond, Daisetsuzan, July 2014
- 33
pakku
Chinguruma gone to seed beneath the fumaroles of Asahidake, July 2014
- 34
Koda6029
The ridge from Kurodake toward Hokuchin-dake, Daisetsuzan, September 2012
- 35
lienyuan lee
The rock walls of Sounkyo Gorge, September 2003
- 36
JR Central (提供：JR東海)
Supreme Class on the Tokaido Shinkansen: the cabins in cars 7 and 10, and renderings of the Supreme Class Seat; supplied by JR Central for these articles, October 2026
- 37
Raita Futo
Cherry trees lit after dark above the rowing boats of the Chidorigafuchi moat, Tokyo
- 38
Midori
Mount Fuji and cherry blossom across Lake Kawaguchi
- 39
Guilhem Vellut
A cherry branch over the Meguro river, Tokyo
- 40
Frank Lee
Fallen cherry petals on a stone path in Kyoto
- 41
PJH
Weeping cherries over a garden house, Kyoto
- 42
Karen Chew
Shirakawa in Gion, Kyoto, in blossom
- 43
Alexander Klink
Cherry blossom in Goryokaku Park, Hakodate (CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons)
- 44
663highland
Cape Kamui and its lighthouse over the Japan Sea, Shakotan, Hokkaido (CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons)
- 45
663highland
Cape Puyuni and the Shiretoko coast from the water, Hokkaido (CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons)
- 46
Samuel Berner
A temple garden and its covered corridor in autumn, Kyoto
- 47
Hendrik Morkel
A skier in deep powder, Hokkaido
- 48
Artan
A tatami corridor lit by paper lanterns, Hakodate
- 49
Jun Ohashi
The Oirase stream in autumn, Aomori
- 50
Sunao Noguchi
A tatami room's round window onto early-summer maples, Japan
- 51
Zion C
An old hall open to its summer garden, Japan
- 52
hiding ninja
Whisky samples and nosing glasses at the Nikka distillery, Yoichi, Hokkaido
- 53
Jibril Wang
Whisky over a sphere of ice at a bar counter
- 54
sabari nathan
Mount Fuji under snow from Gotemba, Shizuoka
- 55
Mypom9
The willow-lined canal at Kinosaki Onsen, at dusk in winter
- 56
Chi ing
The canal at Otaru, at dusk
The hotels and ryokan
Each hotel and ryokan’s photographs are its own.
- 57
Aman Kyoto
- 58
Aman Tokyo
- 59
Amanemu
- 60
ANA InterContinental Ishigaki Resort
- 61
Ao no Za
- 62
Araya Totoan
- 63
Asaba
- 64
Bellustar Tokyo
- 65
Beniya Mukayu
- 66
Bettei Otozure
- 67
Bourou Noguchi Hakodate
- 68
Bvlgari Hotel Tokyo
- 69
Conrad Osaka
- 70
Conrad Tokyo
- 71
Epuy
- 72
ESPACIO The Hakone Geihinkan Rin Poh Ki Ryu
- 73
Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Marunouchi
- 74
Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Otemachi
- 75
FUFU Kawaguchiko
- 76
FUFU Nara
- 77
FUFU Nikko
- 78
Fujiya
- 79
Gora Kadan
- 80
Gora Kadan Fuji
- 81
Hakuchoro Sanraku
- 82
Halekulani Okinawa
- 83
Hiiragiya
- 84
Hikari no Uta
- 85
Hilton Niseko Village
- 86
Hinanoza
- 87
Hoshino Resorts
- 88
Hotel Granvia Hiroshima
- 89
Hotel New Otani Osaka
- 90
Hotel New Otani Tokyo
- 91
Hotel The Mitsui Kyoto
- 92
Hyatt Regency Kyoto
- 93
Imperial Hotel Osaka
- 94
Iraph Sui
- 95
Janu Tokyo
- 96
Jozankei Tsuruga Mori no Uta
- 97
Kayotei
- 98
Kitakobushi Shiretoko
- 99
Konansou
- 100
Konosumika
- 101
Kuramure
- 102
La Vista Hakodate Bay
- 103
Mandarin Oriental Tokyo
- 104
Mitsui Fudosan Hotel Management (株式会社三井不動産ホテルマネジメント)
- 105
Mizu no Uta
- 106
Mori no Ryotei Biei
- 107
Naoshima Ryokan Roka
- 108
Nishimuraya Honkan
- 109
Nishimuraya Hotel Shogetsutei
- 110
Palace Hotel Tokyo
- 111
Park Hyatt Kyoto
- 112
Park Hyatt Niseko Hanazono
- 113
Park Hyatt Tokyo
- 114
Patina Osaka
- 115
Sapporo Grand Hotel
- 116
Shiguchi
- 117
Six Senses Kyoto
- 118
Sounkyo Choyotei
- 119
Taenoyu
- 120
Takinoya
- 121
Tamachi Bukeyashiki Hotel
- 122
The Hiramatsu Kyoto
- 123
The Okura Tokyo
- 124
The Peninsula Tokyo
- 125
The Ritz-Carlton
- 126
The Shinmonzen
- 127
The Terrace Club at Busena
- 128
Tsuta Onsen
- 129
Zaborin