Night Scenes in Japan (Photos)

Lights in the city of Mutsu form the shape of a swallowtail butterfly. Viewed from the Kabuseyama observation deck (Aomori Prefecture).

The Mogamigawa river viewed from Murayama Park (Yamagata Prefecture).

Cherry blossoms lit up at Itabu Station on the Kominato Line (Chiba Prefecture).

Summer illuminations light up the grounds of the Apa Resort Jōetsu Myōkō (Niigata Prefecture).

The Japan Sea viewed from the Yahikoyama Skyline road (Niigata Prefecture).

A pagoda in Arakurayama Sengen Park and Mount Fuji in the background (Yamanashi Prefecture).

The city of Numazu and Suruga Bay viewed from Kanukiyama (Shizuoka Prefecture).

Sekijuku, one of the 53 post stations along the Tōkaidō Road (Mie Prefecture).

Nigatsudō hall at the temple of Tōdaiji (Nara Prefecture).

The city of Nara viewed from a Wakakusayama observation deck (Nara Prefecture).

The ruins of Takeda Castle (Hyōgo Prefecture).

Mizushima industrial complex viewed from the Washūzan Skyline road (Okayama Prefecture).

Uwajima viewed from Atago Park (Ehime Prefecture).

The full moon over Nagasaki and a moonlight “path” across the harbor viewed from an Inasayama observation deck (Nagasaki Prefecture).

Beppu Onsen viewed from the Yukemuri observation deck (Ōita Prefecture).