# Guides

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- [Pre-wedding Japan guide: seasons, permits, costs](https://www.komorebis.cc/blog/pre-wedding-japan-guide.md) — Where to shoot pre-wedding photos in Japan by season — Kyoto, Fuji, Hokkaido snow, Okinawa beaches, Tokyo — with gown and suit logistics, hair and make-up, venue permissions, a typical day, weather backup and prices.
- [The best Tokyo photo spots, by district and hour](https://www.komorebis.cc/blog/tokyo-photo-spots.md) — Asakusa at dawn, Tokyo Station at blue hour, Ginza on a weekend afternoon, Shibuya and Shinjuku at night — the spots, the best hours and the rules on tripods, Shibuya Sky and Shinjuku Gyoen.
- [Kimono rental in Japan: a practical guide](https://www.komorebis.cc/blog/kimono-rental-photoshoot-guide.md) — Kimono, yukata or furisode; renting in Asakusa, Kyoto or Kanazawa; dressing and return times; men and children; the etiquette that matters; and the hours that make a kimono shoot work.
- [Drone rules in Japan: a guide for visitors](https://www.komorebis.cc/blog/drone-rules-japan-tourists.md) — Registration for drones of 100 g and up, Remote ID, DID and MLIT approval through DIPS 2.0, the 30-metre and 150-metre rules, the Prohibition Act zones, park and temple bans, penalties — and where a legal drone shoot is realistic.
- [Autumn leaves in Japan: a north-to-south calendar](https://www.komorebis.cc/blog/autumn-leaves-japan-calendar.md) — When the maples and ginkgo turn in Hokkaido, Nikko, Kawaguchiko, Tokyo and Kyoto, where to shoot in each, how the evening light-ups work, and how to get ahead of the crowds.
- [Sakura season in Japan: forecast, spots, timing](https://www.komorebis.cc/blog/sakura-photoshoot-japan-guide.md) — How the sakura front moves from Okinawa to Hokkaido, where to shoot in Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Kawaguchiko and Hokkaido, how to beat the crowds, and how to book when the bloom date shifts.

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