This time-lapse video of Japan -- shot by Brad Kremer in the summer of 2009 -- features impressive footage of Tokyo, Matsuyama, Imabari, Nagano, Gifu, and Mt. Ishizuchi.
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Tag: ‘Landscape’
Tokyo Sky Tree time-lapse
26 Feb 2010
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Here is a time-lapse video showing the past year of construction of the massive Tokyo Sky Tree broadcasting tower, which reached a height of 300 meters (984 ft) this month. When completed in December 2011, the tower will stand 634 meters (2,080 ft) tall, making it the tallest structure in Tokyo.
Photos of Sakurajima volcano
25 Feb 2010
On a recent visit to Japan, alien landscape photographer Martin Rietze captured some spectacular images of Sakurajima volcano in Kagoshima prefecture.
Multiple lightning flashes caused by fast moving fine ash
Lava bombs hitting the flank
Strombolian eruption with lightning
Detail with multiple lightning flashes
Lava brightens the ash cloud
Ash eruption causing lightning
Violent eruption
The photos were taken between December 24, 2009 and January 10, 2010.
[Link: Martin Rietze]
Time-lapse video of Mt Fuji, Miyajima, Iwate
14 Dec 2009
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The latest time-lapse video by Tokyo-based photographer Samuel Cockedey features captivating views of Mt. Fuji, Miyajima (Itsukushima Shrine), and Iwate prefecture.
Tiësto & Sneaky Sound System – I Will Be Here
20 Oct 2009
The Tokyo cityscape becomes the ultimate light show in this video for "I Will Be Here," the recent collaboration single by Dutch DJ Tiësto and Australian dance music group Sneaky Sound System. Directed by Masashi Muto.
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‘Orb’ paintings by Masakatsu Sashie
01 Sep 2009
Asphalt [+]
Masakatsu Sashie's fantastic "orb" paintings depict large, city-like spheres that float gently above the remains of a failed civilization. The giant orbs, which seem to be self-contained worlds unto themselves, are pieced together from the scraps of old Showa-period buildings and bits of consumer culture, such as vending machines, pachinko parlors, fast food signs, and video game components. Part retro and part sci-fi, the orbs appear to hover gracefully between the worlds of a nostalgic past and a dystopian future.
Secret Base [+]
Slingshot [+]
Electric Mushroom
Closed Town
Cradle
Bazaar [+]
Hoodia
Scratched Achievement
[Link: Masakatsu Sashie]
Photos: Rice paddy crop art (2009)
07 Jul 2009
Sengoku-period warrior [Photo]
As summer progresses, crops of rice paddy art are beginning to emerge in Japan. The crop art -- created by strategically arranging and growing different colors of rice plants -- can be seen in farming communities across the country. The largest and finest work is grown in the Aomori prefecture village of Inakadate, which has earned a reputation for its agricultural artistry. This year the enormous pictures of Napoleon and a Sengoku-period warrior, both on horseback, are visible in a pair of fields adjacent to the town hall there.
View from roof of Inakadate town hall [Photo]
Warrior [Photo]
Napoleon [Photo]
View from top of warrior's head [Photo]
Warrior's arm [Photo]
Close-up of rice plants [Photo]
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Another relatively famous rice paddy art venue is located in the town of Yonezawa in Yamagata prefecture. This year's work depicts the 16th-century samurai Naoe Kanetsugu and his wife, Osen, whose lives are chronicled in Tenchijin, the popular, year-long historical fiction television series now airing on NHK.
Naoe Kanetsugu and Osen [Photo: contri]
Osen [Photo]
Naoe Kanetsugu [Photo]
View from top of Naoe Kanetsugu's head [Photo]
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Smaller works of crop art can be seen in other rice-farming areas of Japan. Here are a few more examples.
Doraemon and deer dancers (shishi-odori), location unknown [Photo]
Ladybug, Nishio, Aichi prefecture [Photo]
Cow, Omi-Hachiman, Shiga prefecture [Photo]
Ducks, near Fukushimagata Lagoon Water Park, Niigata prefecture [Photo]
Shinjuku time-lapse
23 Jun 2009
Tokyo-based photographer Samuel Cockedey presents more miraculous views of the Shinjuku cityscape in his latest time-lapse video (featuring minimal beats by Kusanagi).
Tokyo stereographic projections
21 Apr 2009
Photographer heiwa4126's "Stereographics" photoset on Flickr is an eye-bending collection of "little planet" panoramas and ultra-wide fisheye images shot mostly in Tokyo.
Tokyo Station [heiwa4126]
Ueno Station [heiwa4126]
Shin-Arakawa Bridge [heiwa4126]
Higashi-Ayase Park [heiwa4126]
Shibaura [heiwa4126]
Adachi Ward [heiwa4126]
Katsushika Ward [heiwa4126]
Ueno Station [heiwa4126]
Tokyo Dome City [heiwa4126]
Shiodome Sio-site [heiwa4126]
Check heiwa4126's photoset for over 150 more high-resolution stereographic projections, and see gadl's "Wee Planet" set for background information and instructions on how to make your own.