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Kiyose Sunflower Festival｜Flowers Towards the Sun

This photo was taken at the Kiyose Sunflower Festival, and shows a well-shaped sunflower standing straight up facing the sun.

Year 2025July 2025Julysunflower (Helianthus annuus)Tokyo Metropolitan areaKiyose Sunflower Festivalblooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)

Kiyose Sunflower Festival｜Sunflowers and Townscapes

This photograph was taken at the Kiyose Sunflower Festival, framing the profusion of blooming sunflowers together with the building beyond them.

Year 2025July 2025Julysunflower (Helianthus annuus)Tokyo Metropolitan areaKiyose Sunflower Festivalblooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)

Kiyose Sunflower Festival｜Muko no Mukou hollyhock Road

This photo was taken at the Kiyose Sunflower Festival with an eye toward perspective, as if the sunflowers were going deeper and deeper into the sky.

Year 2025July 2025Julysunflower (Helianthus annuus)Tokyo Metropolitan areaKiyose Sunflower Festivalblooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)

Kiyose Sunflower Festival｜A field of sunflowers

This photo is a wide-angle shot of a cluster of sunflowers blooming as far as the eye can see at the Kiyose Sunflower Festival.

Year 2025July 2025Julysunflower (Helianthus annuus)Tokyo Metropolitan areaKiyose Sunflower Festivalblooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)

Kiyose Sunflower Festival｜Summer Seen from Behind

This photo was taken at the Kiyose Sunflower Festival, consciously capturing the depth from behind the sunflowers.

Year 2025July 2025Julysunflower (Helianthus annuus)Tokyo Metropolitan areaKiyose Sunflower Festivalblooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)

The University of Tokyo Organization for Ecological and Harmonious Agriculture｜Lovely lotus rows

This photo, taken at the University of Tokyo's Institute for Ecology and Harmonious Agriculture, shows short, lovely lotus flowers.

Year 2025July 2025JulyInstitute for Ecological and Harmonious Agriculture, The University of TokyoTokyo Metropolitan areablooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)lotus

Kiyose Sunflower Festival｜Sunflowers Reaching for the Sky

This photograph captures the powerful vitality of sunflowers blooming straight toward the blue sky at the Kiyose Sunflower Festival held in Kiyose City, Tokyo.

Year 2025July 2025Julysunflower (Helianthus annuus)Tokyo Metropolitan areaKiyose Sunflower Festivalblooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)

Kuizu Shrine, the general guardian of Bushu-Iwatsuki｜Echoes of Depth

This photo was taken at the Kuizu Shrine with the second wind chime from the front of the blue wind chime display in focus and the wind chimes in front and behind softly blurred.

Year 2025July 2025JulySaitama prefecture (Kantou area)Kuizu Shrine, the general guardian of Bushu-IwatsukiVarious Scenerywind chime

Arakawa bank｜Bridge from the shade of a tree

This photo was taken on the bank of the Arakawa River in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, framing the Arakawa River and the Koutama Bridge through a thicket of trees.

Year 2025July 2025JulySaitama prefecture (Kantou area)morning glowMorning glow and evening glowArakawa bank

Kuizu Shrine, the general guardian of Bushu-Iwatsuki｜Red Solitude

This photo captures the lonely appearance of a single red wind chime from the side of the Kuizu Shrine wind chime display.

Year 2025July 2025JulySaitama prefecture (Kantou area)Kuizu Shrine, the general guardian of Bushu-IwatsukiVarious Scenerywind chime

Kuizu-jinja Shrine, the head deity of Bushu-Iwatsuki｜Blotting Red

In this photo, I boldly moved closer to the red wind chime display at the Kuizu Shrine to soften the overlap with the background while blurring the red of the glass.

Year 2025July 2025JulySaitama prefecture (Kantou area)Kuizu Shrine, the general guardian of Bushu-IwatsukiVarious Scenerywind chime

Kiuizu Shrine, Chief Shrine of Musashi Province Iwatsuki｜The Star of the White Talismans

This photograph was taken at the Kizu Shrine, the chief guardian shrine of Musashi Province's Iwatsuki, where among a row of blue wind chimes, the focus is set on the single white-tagged chime facing forward, captured dramatically from a low, diagonal angle.

Year 2025July 2025JulySaitama prefecture (Kantou area)Kuizu Shrine, the general guardian of Bushu-IwatsukiVarious Scenerywind chime

Musashi Province Iwatsuki's Chief Shrine | Kiuizu Shrine｜The Wind of Bokeh

This photograph was taken at Kiuizu Shrine, focusing on the wind chime in the foreground while capturing the light streaming toward the wind chime in the background as beautiful bokeh.

Year 2025July 2025JulySaitama prefecture (Kantou area)Kuizu Shrine, the general guardian of Bushu-IwatsukiVarious Scenerywind chime

Kuizu-jinja Shrine, the general guardian of Bushu-Iwatsuki｜Blue and Silence

This photo was taken at the Kuizu Shrine, the general guardian of Bushu-Iwatsuki, from a short distance to show the blue wind chimes and traditional shrine architecture.

Year 2025July 2025JulySaitama prefecture (Kantou area)Kuizu Shrine, the general guardian of Bushu-IwatsukiVarious Scenerywind chime

Kiyose Sunflower Festival｜The Artistry of Foreground Blur Composition

This photograph was taken at the Kiyose Sunflower Festival. It captures sunflowers from behind, with the foreground boldly blurred to create a composition with depth.

Year 2025July 2025Julysunflower (Helianthus annuus)Tokyo Metropolitan areaKiyose Sunflower Festivalblooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)

Kiyose Sunflower Festival｜Sunflowers Looking Up

This photograph was taken at the Kiyose Sunflower Festival, capturing a sunflower with a well-balanced shape from a low, diagonal angle looking upward.

Year 2025July 2025Julysunflower (Helianthus annuus)Tokyo Metropolitan areaKiyose Sunflower Festivalblooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)

Kiyose Sunflower Festival｜Petals that let light shine through

This photograph was taken at the Kiyose Sunflower Festival, capturing the sun's rays shining through the back of a sunflower.

Year 2025July 2025Julysunflower (Helianthus annuus)Tokyo Metropolitan areaKiyose Sunflower Festivalblooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)

Kiyose Sunflower Festival｜Silhouette Sunflowers

This photograph captures the radiance of sunflowers from behind as they bask in the sunlight at the Kiyose Sunflower Festival.

Year 2025July 2025Julysunflower (Helianthus annuus)Tokyo Metropolitan areaKiyose Sunflower Festivalblooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)

Kiyose Sunflower Festival｜Summer from the Back

This photo was taken at the Kiyose Sunflower Festival, showing sunflowers in full bloom from the back side.

Year 2025July 2025Julysunflower (Helianthus annuus)Tokyo Metropolitan areaKiyose Sunflower Festivalblooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)

Shinobazunoike Pond｜Transparent petals

This photo was taken at Shinobazunoike Pond from below, where the lotus flowers blooming in front of me shined in the sunlight.

Year 2025July 2025JulyShinobazu PondTokyo Metropolitan areablooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)lotus