PAGODAS AND CASTLES

A collection of Japan’s castles and pagodas, shot across Matsumoto, Osaka and Kyoto. Matsumoto Castle is one of only 12 castles in Japan that still have their original keep, and its black exterior earned it the nickname Crow Castle. The keep was made a National Treasure in 1936.

Osaka Castle was first built in 1583 as the base of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but the version standing today is a 1931 rebuild. In Kyoto, the red Sanjunoto Pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera rounds out the set.

Matsumoto, Osaka and Kyoto, Japan