View of Nature in Japan
A Kaleidoscope of Japanese Scenery
Water acts as a natural canvas reflecting, rippling, flowing, and freezing to provide an organic art. The image is based on physically real light rays, not on artificial illusions.
BGSS Version (28:46)
Quick Look of 100 photographs
in the carousel, the subpage
A Kaleidoscope Formed by the Water
Natural Canvas
Water reflections freely paint pictures on the natural canvas of the water’s surface, often intertwined with drifting leaves and floating petals. On fine days, the sunlight sparkles across the water, multiplying into countless miniature suns.
Deformation by Ripples
The reflected objects are more or less deformed by ripples and waves, resulting in mirror-image mountains, vague landscapes, or heavily distorted trees. While fine details are obscured, the reflection simplifies scenes into their essential structures, resembling a painting. Occasionally, the visual textures of reflections amplify the atmosphere of the scenery through the water’s fluidity and clarity, transforming the view into an almost different dimension. This fragile and ever-changing space functions as a natural kaleidoscope.
Water Canvas Across Japan
The water canvas can be provided at numerous scenic spots across Japan, including the center of metropolitan Tokyo (see "Metropolitan Cityscapes").
For further reading on the optical aspects, please refer to “Quick Look ASW” and "Miscellaneous".
✦ Notes
These visuals can be experienced via the "BGSS version" complete with classical background music or the automated "Quick Look" carousel.
• BGSS: BackGround SlideShow
• UD: Photo flipped Upside Down (indicated by a small "UD" mark in the bottom right corner of the slideshow)
• Please click the photo of "Quick Look" for the carousel.
• For details on the background music, please refer to "BGM List".
日本の自然像
水の異空間
風景の万華鏡
(To be updated)
