13.09.2025 東京 Tokyo, Japan

December Sun in Tokyo

Tokyo in December feels wide open. The air is cool and clear. Morning light spills across concrete and tile, washing over rooftops and quiet backstreets. The city moves, but not too fast. There’s space to breathe. Space to look.

Shot 2023
Ricoh FF-9
Nikon F3
Kodak Gold 200
Ilford HP5
28 frames

We left Kyoto behind and continued north. Somewhere between cities, Mt. Fuji appeared. Just for a moment—clear skies, snow on the peak, gone again.

By the next morning, we were in Tokyo. The light was warm. The air felt fresh. We moved slowly, caught trains, wandered quiet neighborhoods. Everything seemed softened by the season—bare trees, still corners, low sun. We visited the former Asakura residence. The afternoon light moved across the floors. Paper screens glowed. A wooden structure, old but steady. Time slows down in spaces like this.

Then my camera stopped. The film wouldn’t wind. But this is Tokyo—there’s always a camera shop nearby. I was lucky and found the same model again: a Ricoh FF-9, in good condition, for a fair price. Loaded fresh film. Continued.

Black and white view of snow-capped Mt. Fuji above rooftops, seen through a train window with a blurred pole in front, Japan — 202335BW6-04

Black and white skyline of rooftop billboards and karaoke signs under a clear sky, with a plane passing overhead, Tokyo, Japan — 202335BW6-16

View down from a window onto a sunlit intersection with crosswalks, long tree shadows and yellow autumn trees, Tokyo, Japan — 202335C18-31

Black and white view from a dark hotel room past a bed to city buildings and a manga café sign, Tokyo, Japan — 202335BW6-11

Black and white view from inside a train carriage through open doors to a sunlit platform where a woman walks past, Tokyo, Japan — 202335BW6-23

Black and white view across a station platform railing to a parked commuter train and rooftop advertising signs, Tokyo, Japan — 202335BW6-24

Black and white view through a train window of a passing commuter train blurred below overhead wires and buildings, Tokyo, Japan — 202335BW6-21

Black and white view through a train window of overhead wires, office towers and a crane, reflections on the glass, Tokyo, Japan — 202335BW6-20

Black and white street scene with a white van parked behind a low concrete wall and Japanese road markings, Tokyo, Japan — 202335BW6-07

Car under a cover tucked into a narrow parking space, lined with potted plants, between residential buildings, Tokyo, Japan — 202335C18-33

Classic cream-white Mini parked in front of the entrance steps of a tiled apartment building, Tokyo, Japan — 202335C18-02

Sunlit corner of a pale building with a curved canopy, a security camera and an exterior staircase, Tokyo, Japan — 202335C18-34

Empty school sports ground with two small football goals, seen through a chain-link fence under a blue sky, Tokyo, Japan — 202335C18-36

School building and sandy schoolyard seen through a rusty chain-link fence beside a bare tree, Tokyo, Japan — 202335C18-37

Tiled roof of a traditional wooden house framed by tree trunks and red autumn maple leaves, former Asakura residence, Tokyo, Japan — 202335C18-17

Woman in a white coat climbing a narrow wooden staircase toward a globe lamp, former Asakura residence, Tokyo, Japan — 202335C18-07

Low sun falling across a wooden staircase and railing, seen from the landing above, former Asakura residence, Tokyo, Japan — 202335C18-08

Afternoon light and shadows stretching across tatami mats beside a sliding door, former Asakura residence, Tokyo, Japan — 202335C18-11

Wooden facade with frosted glass sliding windows in warm sunlight under maple branches, former Asakura residence, Tokyo, Japan — 202335C18-20

Two-storey wooden house with tiled roofs behind a garden of rocks and clipped shrubs, former Asakura residence, Tokyo, Japan — 202335C18-21

Corner of a wooden house with glass sliding doors behind shrubs and red maple leaves, former Asakura residence, Tokyo, Japan — 202335C18-27

View over tiled and copper roofs into a garden of pines and red autumn maples, former Asakura residence, Tokyo, Japan — 202335C18-14

Woman in a long cream coat looking out of glazed wooden doors between glowing paper screens, former Asakura residence, Tokyo, Japan — 202335C18-12

Wooden veranda with glazed sliding doors above a mossy garden under maple branches, former Asakura residence, Tokyo, Japan — 202335C18-25

Upper floor of a wooden house with large windows and grey tiled roofs against a pale sky, former Asakura residence, Tokyo, Japan — 202335C18-26

Woman in a white coat and knit hat standing in low sun before a wooden facade, former Asakura residence, Tokyo, Japan — 202335C18-24

Garden corner with a tree trunk, shrubs, golden ferns and a red maple by dark wooden walls, former Asakura residence, Tokyo, Japan — 202335C18-16