37 Frames Journal

Japan Was the Logical Choice: An Autumn Elopement in Japan

Japan had been part of their relationship from the beginning, after a Fushimi Inari photograph started one of their earliest conversations. Years…

There are days at Mt Fuji when you never see Mt Fuji. A surprise proposal in a February whiteout, a lake to…

They arrived with a simple wish: Fuji, cherry blossoms, vows and photographs. The day opened into sunrise, a shrine blessing, hōtō at…

They gave themselves a city morning, a mountain wedding and time to enjoy both. Between Kyoto’s immense temple gate and a small…

They said their vows in Jinya's garden, beside the camphor tree Hayao Miyazaki played under as a child. The garden keeps what…

The same flight north, a short head start and a flurry of messages between the trees and his phone. A proposal at…

They could have gone anywhere, and they chose the country they keep returning to. Two days at Mt Fuji and in Tokyo,…

She knew about the photoshoot. She didn't know about the proposal. Months later she asked us to go back to the shore…

Two house music lovers from the Bay Area brought their people to Japan for a weekend and asked its oldest instruments to…

Already married, they came to Mount Fuji with nothing left to organise. A torii built for honouring the mountain from afar, silver…

A merchant from the far north built a house in Tokyo in 1920 and asked a shrine carpenter to make it. A…