Arrival in Japan, Muromi - 2010

City canals, Yanagawa - 2010

Near the nuclear dome, Hiroshima - 2010

Downtown Fukuoka - 2010

Subway, the Kuko line - Hakata - 2010

The couple on a boat, Yanagawa - 2010

Fukuoka - 2010

Japan Rail, Hakata - 2010

Ohorikoen park, Fukuoka - 2010

The end of the work day, Fukuoka - 2010

Windy weather, Hakata - 2010

Unicycles, Fukuoka - 2010

Homeless, reading. Hakata- 2010

The Bushido way: wife behind man, Gion - 2010

Udon and ramen, Fukuoka - 2010

Fukuoka - 2010

Royal castle,  Kumamoto - 2010

Cafe lines, Kumamoto - 2010

Hiroshima - 2010

Schoolgirls, the Kumamoto museum  - 2010

Wooden walkway, Kumamoto - 2010

A Japanese kitchen, the old way - Kumamoto - 2010

The restaurant that serves fresh eel, Yanagawa  - 2010

Umbrellas, Hakata - 2010

The Hiroshima specialty, Okonomiyaki, prepared in front of you - 2010

Parasol and gloves, Fukuoka - 2010

Japan Rail, Hakata  - 2010

The old man's house at sunset, Yanagawa - 2010

Foreign tourists in Hiroshima - 2010

Rain, Hakata - 2010

Passing under the tree, Yanagawa - 2010

Fukuoka - 2010

Fukuoka - 2010

Fukuoka - 2010

Fukuoka - 2010

He who likes to talk, Hakata - 2010

I had followed this man to the exit at Muromi station.  He was blind but he heard the rain. So he lit a cigarette
Fukuoka - 2010

Boarding the seaboat, Hiroshima - 2010

Spectators, street parade, Fukuoka - 2010

People wait for the street car, Kumamoto - 2010

A street photographer with his Leica M5, Hakata - 2010

Shower, Muromi - 2009

All photographs © Igor Smirnoff