Text and images by Tyler Ensrude for Japan Exposures In Toshio Enomoto’s series Arlequin we can see a beautiful, present-day version of the classic circus right here in the heart of Japan. Arlequin is the French word for clown or jester; sometimes also written harlequin. At first glance, it’s hard to tell when these photographs were taken. It turns... 

As we announced previously the popular MS-MAG 1.15x magnifier (announced as discontinued and sold out) is back in stock. This magnifier is of great value as on cameras with 0.85 magnification (e.g. Leica M3, Leica M6) it will result in natural view allowing shooting with both eyes open. Thank you for your patience and those who have placed pre-orders,... 

Sho Niiro was born in Yokohama in 1982. He studied physics at Waseda University, but left university and became an independent photographer in 2005. He is photographing in the streets of Tokyo, with particular emphasis on how the town is being redeveloped, documenting its rapid change quickly departing from its citizens’ own memories. He also... 

Text and images by John Sypal for Japan Exposures The other night I picked up Araki’s latest book, Tokyo Aruki. It comes in at a modest 160 pages printed at the extremely portable A5 size. Initially I was taken in by the reasonable asking price, but after a couple go-throughs it is plain to see that portability was a major factor in this book’s... 

Daido Moriyama‘s favourite recipe: Tri-X in D-76 (Via) Tweet... 

Originally from Aomori, Japan, Hiroyo Kaneko has been living for the past seven years in San Francisco. She received her MFA in Photography from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2005. She has been exhibiting her photography since 1999 at such as places as the Photographers’s Gallery and the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo, the San Francisco... 

Hiroyo Kaneko - from "Picnics" seriesI first came across the work of Hiroyo Kaneko earlier this year when I received my copy of Lay Flat, the new photography magazine started by Shane Lavalette. Included with the journal were 20 or so photographs by various artists, each printed individually on card stock. When I came to Kaneko’s image... 

Summer is of course here and that means summer vacation for a lot of us. The Japan Exposures bookstore is no exception, and I just wanted to let you all know that for two weeks, starting this coming Tuesday the 14th, we will be virtually open but unable to ship packages during that time. You can of course still order, and the orders will be promptly... 

We are pleased to announce an addition of a Olympus E-P1 version to our popular range of hand-made leather camera cases. The Olympus E-P1 Digital Pen is one of the most stylish digital cameras we have seen in years. A quality camera case will make it even more presentable and also protect this valuable camera from external knocks while at the same... 

We’ve just got in copies of Daido Moriyama’s brand new book, Northern, featuring work Moriyama shot in Hokkaido during a three-month trip in 1978. This work was first brought to a wider audience last year with an exhibition at Tokyo’s Rathole Gallery — accompanied by a massive $200-plus tome Hokkaido which featured over 600 photos...