Japan Autumn Photo Workshop

Our photo tour during Autumn to Japan will start at the airport in Narita. From here, we will drive directly to the hotel in Fuji according to the arrival of all participants. We will have time to rest from the trip & know all the group participants in our comfortable hotel.

We’ll spend these days exploring the area of the 5 lakes around Mount Fuji, starting in the Kawaguchi lake where we will photograph the sunrise and finishing in the famous Chureito Pagoda for sunset. During the days, according to the weather, we will visit other places like Oshino Hakkai, Urui river or Lake Ashinoko.

We will take this day a break in the morning, to recover a little energy from the previous days. Anyway, any participant that wants to photograph the sunrise, will bring them to any previous locations, before come back to the hotel for breakfast. We will take our car to move to the north, where we will approach Nikko.

Here we will be sleeping the next 2 nights and will be exploring the area with plenty of waterfalls, forests, rivers… Once we arrive at our hotel, we will go to photograph one of the most iconic locations of Nikko: Kegon falls. After that, we will go to the Chuzenji lake, from where we will photograph the sunrise of the Nantai mount reflected in the water of the lakes, with all the forests plenty of autumn colors.

Today will be a complete day in the nature of Nikko, we will come early to capture the first lights from the bottom of Mount Nasu. Here we will be hiking to photograph the incredible nature around this active volcano. Also, we will approach Otome no Taki waterfall before leave the area of Mount Nasu and go to have lunch in Nasushiobara.

In the afternoon we will do some stops in the Shiobara valley, as Momiji-Dani Ohtsurihashi Large Suspension Bridge, the biggest of this kind in Japan, and the closest Fukyo, Mikaeri or Ryushunnotaki falls. In this valley, we will spend the rest of the day, before come back to our hotel in Nikko.

We will spend the day to explore the most famous points of Nikko valley as Shinkyo Bridge, Nikkō Tōshō-gū, Irohazaka Route, or the Ryuzu Falls. Also, we will have time to walk on the shore of Chuzenji lake to photograph again the sunset from this location.

Once we finish our session, we will tell goodbye to Nikko Valley and drive to Matsumoto where we will be sleeping this night.

After sunrise in one of the most important Japanese castles in Matsumoto, we will come to the Jigokudani Monkey Park, where we will be able to photograph his famous monkeys taking bath in the thermal waters.

After this session, we will drive to the Hannoki Falls where we will be photographing the landscapes of the Japanese alps.

We will photograph the sunrise from the viewpoint of the historical village of Shirakawa Go. We will be walking in this traditional Japanese village for a few hours, and for lunch, we will come to Kanazawa. Here we will visit de Japanese garden of Kenroku-en, and start our trip to the south, doing a stop in the temple of Tokugenin.

At night we will arrive in Kyoto, where we will have a break from our Autumn Japan Photo tour.

Today we will visit the most iconic places of Kyoto, will start the day with the early season at Fushimi Inari and his traditional doors. We will spend here a few hours till the tourists start to arrive, then we will move to Tofukuji Temple. Here we will photograph the impressive colors of autumn and the famous Tsutenkyo Bridge.

After we visit the south of Kyoto, we will move to the center of Kyoto to photograph the Eikando Temple, where autumn colors are impressive at this time. At last, we will move to the district of Gion in the afternoon, where we will photographing his famous streets with geishas and the main spot in Kiyomizudera.

Again, we will awake early to come to Arashiyama. Famous for his bamboo forest and also for the colors in autumn of the surrounding mountains. In the afternoon we will approach to Ginkaku-Ji temple and the philosopher path for sunrise. Kyoto it’s a large city, that we explore with more detail in our spring Japan photo tour, but the places we will visit during this tour look even more amazing during autumn.

At night we will move to Osaka, where after leaving our staff at the hotel, we will move to the Dotonburi district to photograph the famous main avenue and taste the traditional food of this city.

We will continue our way, without missing a sunrise in the castle of Osaka. After that, he will come to visit the closest city of Nara, famous for his deers walking in the city. We will visit a few temples in the city before moving to Koyasan in the afternoon, where we will be sharing full day activities with Buddhist monks in his temple.

They will bring us his traditional dinner, and also will be joining them in his rituals where we can be doing photographs with respect to his traditions. At night, we will be exploring the cemetery to make a session of photography in this incredible ambient.

Our day will start even early than previous, we will join the morning ritual of the monks and after that share with them a breakfast. We will make another walk on the cemetery of Koyasan before start our trip back to the north. During the road, we will make a stop in one of the most famous views of Nara, where autumn will bring us a colorful landscape of these mountains.

Before lunch, we will arrive at Tsumago-Juku to follow of one the ancient paths that were crossing Japan and keep the ancient houses. Here we will enjoy the landscapes and rivers of this path till the evening. During the night we will have a rest at our hotel in the village.

We will awake for sunrise in our village, photographing the first lights in this magical village. After that, and a good breakfast, we will start driving to Tokyo. On our way, we will make some stops to photograph the landscapes of Kiso valley.

Once in Tokyo, if we came with time we will approach Rikugi garden to enjoy the autumn colors. After that, we will move to one of the viewpoints of the city to photograph the sunrise from the top. During the night, we will bring you to Shinjuku to enjoy & photograph the small streets of this famous district.

We will awake before sunrise, to come to the Sensō-Ji temple with the first lights of the day, when tourists still are sleeping to photograph this architectural temple in the best conditions. We will have time after that, to visit the best parks in Tokyo. Starting at Ueno Park, Zojoji temple in Shiba park, to the Ginkgo Avenue in Meiji-Jingu Gaien Park, finishing in the Meiji temple for sunrise.

We will have time this night to photograph the Scramble Kousaten in Shibuya. During a few hours during the night, we also will be walking in the closest small streets to photograph the ambient of this area.

Today will finish our Photo tour during autumn to Japan at the Narita International Airport, and we will say goodbye to the rising sun country.

If you want to visit Tokyo with more time, you can write to us to add extra days to this tour. Also if you want to explore the north of Japan before the trip start, we also can make an extra route to explore the Daisetsuzan National Park in Hokkaido or the Oze National Park close to Nikko.