Japan

JAPAN a Photography Book by JULIAN BOUND

A photographic journey through Japan by National Geographic contributor Julian Bound.

With a population close to 130 million, Japan offers the uniqueness of a society living hand in hand with both ancient and ultramodern cultures.

This combination of the traditional and the new can be experienced within two hours when, connected by the Shinkansen Bullet train, a visitor can take in the delights of Kyoto's historical shrines and secluded gardens before arriving in Tokyo's metropolis of neon light and huge television screens beaming down upon the city high above electrical stores and vast shopping malls. Yet, Japan's capital also embraces the long-standing and the innovative, providing a cityscape like no other.

Table of Contents

•TOKYO
•Sensō-Ji Temple
•The Tsukiji Markets
•Harajuku
•Zōjō-ji Temple
•HIROSHIMA
•Itsukushima Torii Gate
•Genbaku Dome
•Shukkei-En Gardens
•KYOTO
•The Bamboo Forest of Arashiyama
•The Shosei-en Gardens
•Heian-Jingu Gardens
•Hanami-Koji Street

'Japan' an intimate portrait of Japan and its cultural heritage, landscapes, gardens shrines and people.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Born in England, Julian Bound is a documentary photographer, film maker and author. With photographic work featured on the BBC news, his photographs have been published in National Geographic, New Scientist and in the international press. His work focuses on the social documentary of world culture, religion and traditions.

Living in Asia and South East Asia for over a decade, Julian travelled extensively throughout Tibet between the years of 2004 and 2014. Having lived in Dharamsala, India, and Kathmandu, Nepal, he studied meditation under the tuition of the Buddhist monks of Tibet and Northern Thailand and with spiritual teachers of India's Himalaya region.

With portraiture work of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Julian has photographed the Tibetan refugee camps of Nepal and India. His other projects include the gypsies of Rajasthan, the Dharavi slums of Mumbai, and the sulphur miners at work in the active volcanoes of Eastern Java, Indonesia.