26 / Trip 02

Tokyo & Nozawa

          ◦  March 2026
          ◦  19 frames
          ◦  Tokyo & Nozawa Onsen, Japan
        

A first beer with the snowy mountains beyond

A last-minute trip to Tokyo for a data-centre site visit, timed, as luck had it, with a big dump of snow up in Nozawa Onsen. A Friday flight, a dash across the city for the bullet train, and the last ski bus caught with minutes to spare. Two days of beautiful powder at a small, lovely resort, a very different feel to the European skiing a few weeks earlier, then back to Tokyo for an evening with the camera, between meetings.

Act INozawa Onsen

Ski selfie in the sun, the Nozawa valley below — **Made it**Above the village

A first beer on the windowsill, snowy mountains beyond, black and white — **First beer**Snow outside

A snowy night street, a glowing tower at the end, snow falling — **Snow at night**Nozawa Onsen

A wide groomed piste under dramatic cloud, the valley beyond — **Bluebird**The whole valley

A steeper pitch above the village, Dynastar ski tip in the snow, black and white — **The pitch**Dynastar in the snow

A skier dropping in, the town far below, moody light — **Dropping in**Town below

The run down toward the village, Dynastar ski tip, black and white — **Down to the village**Nozawa

Skiers and boarders resting on the slope, looking out over the valley, black and white — **A breather**Watching the valley

The houses of Nozawa Onsen below the snowy runs, black and white — **Onsen town**Under the runs

Act IITokyo

Looking up at Tokyo towers through a gap, blue sky — **A gap of sky**Looking up · Tokyo

A glass office tower against deep blue sky — **Corner light**Seibu

A brick apartment block with deep balconies in morning sun — **Brick and balconies**Morning sun

Backlit Tokyo street, two women walking into the sun, black and white — **Into the light**Backstreet

A glass facade reflecting the city beside the Audi rings, black and white — **In the glass**Reflections

A stacked blue glass tower from below — **Stacked glass**Downtown

A Tokyo backstreet of signs, a woman in a grey coat walking — **Signs**Late afternoon

A traditional tiled house below a glass office tower, people walking past — **Old and new**A house under the towers

An art-deco tiled facade with tall reflecting windows — **Deco**Tiled facade

A red-brick tower with ornate ironwork glazing — **Ironwork**Red brick