Japanese children during the Koenji Awaodori dance summer street festival, Kanto region, Tokyo, Japan

Empty Uganzaki north beach, Yaeyama Islands, Ishigaki, Japan

Japanese women with straw hats during the Koenji Awaodori dance summer street festival, Kanto region, Tokyo, Japan

Bonsai trees in the botanic garden, Kansai region, Kyoto, Japan

Lee Ufan museum designed by Tadao Ando, Seto Inland Sea, Naoshima, Japan

Japan post red mailbox in the street, Ishikawa Prefecture, Kanazawa, Japan

Slices of raw Ishigaki beef meat, Yaeyama Islands, Ishigaki, Japan

Kabira bay, Yaeyama Islands, Ishigaki-jima, Japan

The moats in front of the famous Himeji castle used by shoguns and samurais, Hypgo Prefecture, Himeji, Japan

Japanese women in traditional clothing in Bikan historical quarter, Okayama Prefecture, Kurashiki, Japan

Bags of radioactive waste during decontamination process in an elementary school, Fukushima prefecture, Iitate, Japan

Ryogoku sumo arena hall of fame, Kanto region, Tokyo, Japan

Concrete made tetrapods along the harbour in order to absorb the power of waves against storm clouds, Yaeyama Islands, Taketomi island, Japan

Unhcr charity volunteers on street collecting money for refugees, Kanto region, Tokyo, Japan

Scotter parked in front of funaya fishermen houses, Kyoto prefecture, Ine, Japan

Japanese woman with an umbrella passing in front old houses along the riverbank, Okayama Prefecture, Kurashiki, Japan

Nuclear waste disposal site in the highly contaminated area after the daiichi nuclear power plant irradiation, Fukushima prefecture, Futaba, Japan

Detail of Hiroshima children's peace memorial, Chugoku region, Hiroshima, Japan

Do not feed the pigeons sign, Kanto region, Tokyo, Japan

Two sumo wrestlers fighting at the ryogoku kokugikan arena, Kanto region, Tokyo, Japan

Abandoned marine house in the highly contaminated area after the daiichi nuclear power plant irradiation and the tsunami, Fukushima prefecture, Futaba, Japan

Roof tile in Kokoen garden, Hypgo Prefecture, Himeji, Japan

Old houses along the riverbank in Bikan historical quarter, Okayama Prefecture, Kurashiki, Japan

Bags of radioactive waste during radioactive decontamination process after the daiichi nuclear power plant irradiation, Fukushima prefecture, Iitate, Japan

Illuminated shibuya, Kanto region, Tokyo, Japan

Aerial view of the town, Kanto region, Tokyo, Japan

The Genbaku dome also known as the atomic bomb dome in Hiroshima peace memorial park, Chugoku region, Hiroshima, Japan

Japanese women during the Koenji Awaodori dance summer street festival, Kanto region, Tokyo, Japan

Old house in Bikan historical quarter, Okayama Prefecture, Kurashiki, Japan

Shoes of cosplay girls, Kansai region, Osaka, Japan

Japanese female station master in front of a Shinkansen train in a station, Hypgo Prefecture, Himeji, Japan

Contaminated beach after the daiichi nuclear power plant irradiation, Fukushima prefecture, Tairatoyoma beach, Japan

Difficult-to-return zone after the daiichi nuclear power plant irradiation, Fukushima prefecture, Tomioka, Japan

16 Years old maiko called chikasaya in her geisha house, Kansai region, Kyoto, Japan

Arabic calligraphy decoration on the wall of oyama-cho Tokyo Camii mosque, Kanto region, Tokyo, Japan

Statues in the Kyoto botanical garden, Kansai region, Kyoto, Japan

Japanese surfers in the contaminated area after the daiichi nuclear power plant irradiation, Fukushima prefecture, Tairatoyoma beach, Japan

Japanese fisherman in tropical lagoon with clear blue water in Kabira bay, Yaeyama Islands, Ishigaki, Japan

Empty sunset beach, Yaeyama Islands, Ishigaki, Japan

Thatched roofed houses in a traditional village against a forest, Kyoto Prefecture, Miyama, Japan

Glass bottom boats in the tropical lagoon beach with clear blue water and white sand in Kabira bay, Yaeyama Islands, Ishigaki, Japan

Japanese surfer in the contaminated area after the daiichi nuclear power plant irradiation, Fukushima prefecture, Tairatoyoma beach, Japan

Prayer hall billboard inside Oyama-cho Tokyo Camii mosque, Kanto region, Tokyo, Japan

Cosplay girl with blue hair in Harajuku, Kanto region, Tokyo, Japan

A house destroyed by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami five years after, Fukushima prefecture, Tomioka, Japan

Rain on a thatched roofed house in a traditional village, Kyoto Prefecture, Miyama, Japan

Funaya fishermen houses, Kyoto prefecture, Ine, Japan

Production of Asahi beer inside Asahi breweries, Kyushu region, Fukukoa, Japan

Heian jingu shrine torii gate, Kansai region, Kyoto, Japan

Kaiyukan aquarium red building, Kansai region, Osaka, Japan

Sunset beach, Yaeyama Islands, Ishigaki, Japan

Kabira bay, Yaeyama Islands, Ishigaki-jima, Japan

Funaya fishermen houses, Kyoto prefecture, Ine, Japan

Highly contaminated beach after the daiichi nuclear power plant irradiation and the tsunami, Fukushima prefecture, Futaba, Japan

Japan post red mailbox, Hypgo Prefecture, Himeji, Japan

Japanese people carrying their cats in backpacks, Kanto region, Tokyo, Japan

Two sumo wrestlers fighting at the ryogoku kokugikan arena, Kanto region, Tokyo, Japan

The Kyoto botanical garden greenhouse, Kansai region, Kyoto, Japan

Woman looking inside a fake giant plastic whale shark in Kaiyukan aquarium, Kansai region, Osaka, Japan

Wooden fortune telling plaques in a shrine, Ishikawa Prefecture, Kanazawa, Japan