Japan Autumn Photography Tour - See Authentic Japan

The JDS annual Essence of Autumn Japan photography tour, this October 28 - November 8, 2024, is a fully inclusive business class authentic Japan photography tour, from the meet and greet at Tokyo airport, to the time you are dropped off at Tokyo airport.  As with all of JDS Japan autumn and spring photo tours, participants will enjoy Shinrin Yoku (森林浴) while taking pictures at the most stunning authentic Japanese locations without having to experience tourist pollution.  Tourist pollution is never fun.  Can you imagine traveling all the way to Japan, paying thousands of dollars just to stand shoulder to shoulder with strangers, taking the same picture that tens of thousands of tourists take each day? WoW! And most run of the mill photography tour agencies use public transportation, or maybe a cargo van with bucket seats.  Many photo tours only provide a few meals throughout the tour, and they are mainly not authentic Japanese. JapanDreamscapes autumn and spring photo tours NEVER use public transportation; we only use Luxury SUVs, plus all meals; three meals a day are included, plus there are snacks and drinks in vehicles.  And as photographers, we choose the times, not sticking to a predetermined and regimented schedule.  It’s all about the journey and chasing the light.  But if you’re using public transportation or riding in a cargo box van group, then you follow the schedule provided and many other fly by night; even some pro agencies only provide 6-8 hours of photography a day and then cut it.  On JapanDreamscapes photography tours, we spend as much time in the field as possible. In April, sunrise is at about 5:30 and sunset at 6:00 pm, and we head out an hour before sunrise and return to our lodgings between 30 minutes and hour after the sun sets.  Long days, but this is for the photo tour of a lifetime, so our workshop leaders make time.  Then during spring and autumn there are a few illumination events that go until 8 or 9 pm, so the days get slightly longer.  You can do the math on how much time our participants and our workshop leaders spend in the field.  Our leaders are passionate pro photographers, not clockwatchers.  It’s all about the photography, nothing else exists.