Thank you everyone for your amazing entries for the 3rd COOL JAPAN VIDEOS Photo Contest.
After thorough screening, we have decided on the prize-winning entries and will announce the results here.
Click here for the details page and contest overview
After thorough screening, we have decided on the prize-winning entries and will announce the results here.
Click here for the details page and contest overview
Announcement of Results
※In no particular order
There were some winners who were selected but we were unable to contact them.
If you were selected, please click the "Accept Prize" button to receive your prize.
There were some winners who were selected but we were unable to contact them.
If you were selected, please click the "Accept Prize" button to receive your prize.
Judges' Comments
The torii gate of an unpopular shrine in Beppu, Oita Prefecture.
This photo conveys the quiet of the snow and makes the viewer feel as though time has stopped.
This photo conveys the quiet of the snow and makes the viewer feel as though time has stopped.
Judges' Comments
The Kirigamine Highlands are a popular tourist destination in Nagano Prefecture.
This is a precious shot of both "Diamond Dust" and a "Sun Pillar," a combination of phenomena that can only be seen in winter under the right conditions.
This is one of those photos through which you can really feel the beauty of nature in Japan.
This is a precious shot of both "Diamond Dust" and a "Sun Pillar," a combination of phenomena that can only be seen in winter under the right conditions.
This is one of those photos through which you can really feel the beauty of nature in Japan.
Judges' Comments
A postal motorcycle riding through the antique streets of Hida Takayama.
Perhaps it's delivering New Year's cards through the quiet streets?
We thought it was a picture that conveyed the atmosphere of the Japanese New Year.
Perhaps it's delivering New Year's cards through the quiet streets?
We thought it was a picture that conveyed the atmosphere of the Japanese New Year.
Judges' Comments
The Japanese macaque is the only monkey in the world that bathes in hot springs.
This seems to be a parent and child at Jigokudani Monkey Park.
You can feel the love between them from the photo.
The monkeys warming themselves in the hot spring in the harsh winter of Japan, which covers the country in snow for roughly 1/3 of the year, conveys just how present mother nature is in Japan.
This seems to be a parent and child at Jigokudani Monkey Park.
You can feel the love between them from the photo.
The monkeys warming themselves in the hot spring in the harsh winter of Japan, which covers the country in snow for roughly 1/3 of the year, conveys just how present mother nature is in Japan.
Judges' Comments
Swans that have migrated to Nagano, Japan.
Migratory birds from the north come to Japan for the winter, spend winter in Japan, and return back north after winter has passed.
This photo shows the nature-rich Japan in winter.
Migratory birds from the north come to Japan for the winter, spend winter in Japan, and return back north after winter has passed.
This photo shows the nature-rich Japan in winter.
Thank you
for all your submissions!
for all your submissions!
We're happy to see that this traditional game, which has been around since the Edo period, has been passed down to today's children.
The cold winter air and the warmth of the sun's rays are so gentle that it almost feels as if they're watching over you.
We'd like to award the Grand Prize to the photo that evokes said nostalgia.