The Olympics will arrive in Tokyo in just about one year, so why not come and create your own Tokyo Private Photography Tour and see the city so remarkable that it deserves to host the olympic games more than once?  The amount of photo ops in this world city means that there will be something for every type of visiting photographer.

Your Tokyo Experience could begin with the world-renowned Shibuya Pedestrian Crossing. The crossing represents a rare occasion where Chaos Theory is on display, as there will be hundreds and possibly thousands of Japanese making their daily commute home. Your JDS Photography workshop leader will be by your side to help you capture this experience at precisely the right moment so you can relive the experience, witnessing the Bushido-minded Japanese business men and women navigating the narrow capillaries as Japan’s life blood follows its course home.

Continuing after the Shibuya Crossing, we will stop at one of the world’s, largest camera shops, possibly the largest in Japan. In spite of the on-line Amazon shopping boom, some camera shops in Tokyo retain, to this day, everything that a professional photographer desires or needs and an unprecedented amount of gadgetry in which to partake. If you forgot something, we will most definitely find it there for you, or have it ordered and shipped to the hotel using next day service. 

After the camera shop, we will spend the late afternoon into the evening photographing Japan’s skyline, part of a city that never sleeps. Part of your photo adventure will be decided by you.  Highlights could include the The Tokyo Sky Tree, Yokohama Bay Bridge, Tokyo Rainbow Bridge, Sensoji Temple, Odaiba, Tokyo Central Station, or even the Mori Tower in Roppongi Hills, the best spot in Japan to see both the Sky Tree and Tokyo Tower.  

Speaking of the Tokyo Tower, you can use the observation deck to get a bird’s eye view of the Olympic Stadium which is being renovated for 2020’s games.  The view from the Tokyo Tower is spectacular, and you have access to a panoramic view of the entire city.  In the foreground of your photographic paradise is Yoyogi Park, famous for its cherry blossoms in the springtime.  Also within view is the Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden equally famous for both cherry blossoms in spring with red, golden, and orange leaves from Japanese Maple Trees in the autumn.  Anywhere you look, you will have another photo op only available with JDS in Tokyo.

Also included are the lesser known side streets, markets, food vendors, and subways.  And if time allows, the Shibuya Robot Bar.  Your photography experience would continue through your dinner as you enjoy the Japanese aesthetic manifested in your evening meal. As each course of fine cuisine arrives, you will be busy balancing your camera with your chopsticks.