Photo, video and drone across Japan
Your photographer in Japan
Photo, video and drone shoots in Tokyo, Kyoto, Mt Fuji, Hokkaido, Okinawa and beyond — for proposals, honeymoons, weddings, families and solo trips. Sessions from 30 minutes with 15 edited photos, priced in US dollars before you book.
- Starting price
- from $195
- Base session
- 30 min
- Edited photos
- 15
- Reply, 9:00–21:00 JST
- within 2h
Popular experiences
Kimono, neon and the open coast
Proposals, honeymoons & weddings
The day you will want every frame of
A proposal timed to the light, a honeymoon walk through one neighbourhood, a pre-wedding session in kimono or gown, a small elopement or your wedding itself. Each is planned with you beforehand — spot, timing, venue rules.
Proposal photographer
from $280
30 min15 edited photosGallery within 3 days
Honeymoon photoshoot
from $300
30 min15 edited photosGallery within 3 days
Pre-wedding photoshoot
from $800
30 min15 edited photosGallery within 7 days
Elopement
from $1,000
30 min15 edited photosGallery within 10 days
Wedding photography
from $1,900
30 min15 edited photosGallery within 3 weeks
Every session starts at the base length above. For longer coverage — a second location, or staying on into the blue hour — add an extra hour ($150 each) to any of them.
Plan your proposal or weddingPackages & prices
What a shoot costs, side by side
Every price is published in US dollars before you enquire, and the quote you receive is in writing.
- Photo
Japan photoshoot
- Session
- 30 min
- You receive
- 15 edited photos
- Price
- from $220
- Photo
Couple photoshoot
- Session
- 30 min
- You receive
- 15 edited photos
- Price
- from $220
- Photo
Family photoshoot
- Session
- 30 min
- You receive
- 15 edited photos
- Price
- from $220
- Video
Travel film
- Session
- 30 min
- You receive
- 30–45 s film + 15 s vertical cut
- Price
- from $430
- Drone
Drone photo & video
- Session
- 30 min
- You receive
- 15 edited photos + 30 s aerial film
- Price
- from $470
Any photoshoot can add a reel ($120) or, where flying is legal, a drone ($235). Drone shoots are flown by operators who handle aircraft registration and MLIT flight approval.
Explore packagesTokyo and Kyoto, district by district
Same city, a different hour
Asakusa and Fushimi Inari work before 8 a.m., Shibuya and Shinjuku after dark, Arashiyama in the first hour of light before the tour buses arrive. Each district has its own page, its own spots and its own rules.
Tokyo
Shibuya
Shibuya is the Tokyo of motion — the scramble crossing empties and refills every couple of minutes, and the photograph is timed to the lights rather than to the sun.
Tokyo
Shinjuku
Shinjuku gives two shoots in one ward: the smoky lantern alleys east of the tracks after dark, and one of the city’s great gardens a ten-minute walk south by day.
Tokyo
Asakusa
Asakusa is where Tokyo wears kimono: dozens of rental shops sit within a few minutes of Kaminarimon, and Senso-ji’s grounds are open before the first shop lifts its shutter.
Tokyo
Ginza
Ginza is Tokyo dressed up: wide pavements, flagship architecture and, on weekend afternoons, a main street closed to traffic so you can stand in the middle of it.
Kyoto
Gion
Gion is shot at dawn and on public streets only: since 2024 its private lanes carry a ¥10,000 photography-fine sign, and the stone slopes up to the Yasaka Pagoda are only empty before seven.
Kyoto
Arashiyama
Arashiyama’s bamboo grove is a 400-metre path that holds a few dozen people before it looks full — so the shoot is timed to the first train, not the sunrise.
Kyoto
Fushimi Inari
Fushimi Inari never closes and charges nothing, so the empty torii tunnel belongs to whoever is on the mountain first — usually before eight.
Beyond the two capitals
Fuji, Kanazawa, the far north and the islands
Seasons
Plan the trip around the light
Four windows decide most of the year’s most-wanted shoots. Peak dates move by a week or more each year, so we check the forecast for your dates when you enquire.
Inspiration — not our shoots
Ideas for the mood you want
Frames by photographers on Unsplash, each credited under the picture, to help you decide on a style before you book. They are stock photographs, not our work.
Proposal photographer
Photo: Gift Habeshaw on Unsplash 
Kimono photoshoot
Photo: Beth Macdonald on Unsplash 
Pre-wedding photoshoot
Photo: Yanhao Fang on Unsplash 
Family photoshoot
Photo: Philip White on Unsplash 
Tokyo night photoshoot
Photo: Pema G. Lama on Unsplash
How booking works
From an idea to a written quote in four steps
Choose the shoot
Pick a place and a package, or simply tell us the occasion. Every price is on the site.
Send your preferred date
The date, the time of day you would like and who will be in the photographs.
We plan around the place
We check the season window, the light and the venue’s rules for your spot.
Availability and a written quote
We check a photographer’s availability and send a written quote. Nothing is charged until you confirm.
Why book through Komorebi
- Transparent prices in US dollars
- Every package and add-on is published before you enquire, and the quote you receive is in writing.
- Venue rules checked
- Tripod bans, temple applications, Gion’s private lanes — checked for your spot before the day.
- Rain? We reschedule
- If rain, wind or a typhoon spoils the day, the shoot moves to another date at no extra cost.
- Reply within 2 hours
- Between 9:00 and 21:00 Japan time, from a person rather than a bot.
Before you go
Planning guides
Before you book
Frequently asked questions
How much does a shoot cost?
Prices are fixed and published in US dollars, starting at $195. Every package starts from a 30-minute session and includes the photographer, professional editing and a private online gallery — 15 edited photos for a photoshoot. Kimono rental with dressing ($55 per person), hair & make-up, an extra hour ($150) and the other 4 add-ons are optional and priced upfront. If a venue charges its own photography fee, we tell you before you confirm.
When is the best time for cherry blossom, autumn leaves or snow?
Sakura peaks in Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka in late March to early April, at Kawaguchiko in mid-April and in Hokkaido in late April to early May. Maples turn in Kyoto from mid-November to early December and in Tokyo from late November. Hokkaido has reliable snow from December to March. Peak dates move by a week or more each year, so we check the forecast for your dates when you enquire.
Can you photograph us at Mt Fuji?
Yes. Fuji is clearest in the early morning between October and February; summer haze often hides it completely. Sunrise shoots at Kawaguchiko start before dawn, and if the mountain is clouded in we offer to move the date at no cost.
Can we shoot in Gion, at shrines and at temples?
In Gion we shoot on public streets — Shirakawa, Tatsumi Bridge, Yasaka Shrine, Ninenzaka at dawn — because the private lanes now carry a ¥10,000 photography fine sign. Many shrines and temples ban tripods, commercial shoots or photography inside halls, and some charge a fee for pre-wedding shoots. We check the venue’s rules before you book, and we never photograph geiko or maiko without their consent.
How soon do I get my photos and video?
Most photo galleries arrive within 3 days, or within 24 hours with express delivery ($80). Pre-wedding, elopement and wedding galleries take longer — up to 3 weeks. Reels are delivered within 5 days. Films take up to 8 weeks.
Is my date booked when I send the form?
Not yet. The form is a request: we check a photographer’s availability for your date and place and the venue rules, then send a written quote. Nothing is charged until you confirm it.
What about rain, the rainy season or a typhoon?
The rainy season runs from June to mid-July everywhere except Hokkaido, and typhoons come from August to October (Okinawa from July). If rain or wind spoils the day — or grounds the drone — we reschedule at no extra cost.
Why book this way
A Japan photoshoot, booked in the sensible order
- Places covered
- 19
- Photo, video & drone services
- 29
- Most photo galleries
- 3 days
- Deposit to enquire
- $0
Finding a photographer for a week in Japan usually means messaging five Instagram accounts, getting five prices and discovering on the day that the temple you chose does not allow tripods. This inverts that order. You choose the place and the kind of shoot, you see a fixed price in US dollars before you commit, and the photographer is based in Japan, with the venue rules checked before the day.
19 places are covered: 12 cities and regions — Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Nara, Hakone, Mt Fuji and Kawaguchiko, Nikko, Hiroshima, Miyajima, Kanazawa, Hokkaido and Okinawa — plus 7 districts with pages of their own — Shibuya, Shinjuku, Asakusa and Ginza in Tokyo; Gion, Arashiyama and Fushimi Inari in Kyoto — because Asakusa at 7 a.m. and Shibuya after dark are different shoots.
What decides a shoot here is the calendar and the clock. Cherry blossom in Tokyo and Kyoto peaks for about a week in late March or early April; maples in Kyoto turn from mid-November; Hokkaido has reliable snow from December to March. Fushimi Inari and Arashiyama are quiet before 8 a.m. and crowded by 10. Since 2024 Gion’s private lanes carry a ¥10,000 photography fine sign, so we shoot on its public streets instead.
Photo, video and drone are booked the same way: 29 services from $195, most photo galleries within 3 days, reels within 5 days. Drone work is flown by operators who handle aircraft registration and MLIT flight approval — filed about ten business days ahead, with the landowner’s consent — and never over temples, shrines or city centres. Nothing is due to get a quote, and if rain or a typhoon cancels the day, the shoot moves at no cost.
Next step
Ready to plan your shoot in Japan?
We reply within 2 hours, 9:00–21:00 Japan time. No deposit to enquire, and nothing is charged until you confirm a written quote.