Thank you everyone for your amazing entries for the 10th 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
If you were selected as a winner, please follow the proper procedures to receive your prize.
If you were selected as a winner, please follow the proper procedures to receive your prize.
Judges' Comments
There are many swans along the shores of Lake Yamanaka, and you can even watch them while enjoying a boat ride.
We have selected this photo, which captures a beautiful moment of Diamond Fuji and a swan extending its wings, as an Honorable Mention.
We have selected this photo, which captures a beautiful moment of Diamond Fuji and a swan extending its wings, as an Honorable Mention.
Judges' Comments
This superb photograph captures the glow of the morning sun shining through a sea of clouds on the Yakuno Highlands in Kyoto.
We have selected this work as an Honorable Mention because of the beautiful contrast between the mountains, which resemble an ink painting, and the light of hope that shines down on the town.
We have selected this work as an Honorable Mention because of the beautiful contrast between the mountains, which resemble an ink painting, and the light of hope that shines down on the town.
Judges' Comments
Koiwai Farm in Iwate Prefecture.
A beautiful collaboration of cherry blossoms in full bloom from late April to around Golden Week, the majestic Mt. Iwate clad in lingering snow, and fresh green pastures.
We are pleased to present an Honorable Mention to this photograph that really captures all of the beauty Japan's outdoors has to offers.
A beautiful collaboration of cherry blossoms in full bloom from late April to around Golden Week, the majestic Mt. Iwate clad in lingering snow, and fresh green pastures.
We are pleased to present an Honorable Mention to this photograph that really captures all of the beauty Japan's outdoors has to offers.
Judges' Comments
The glow of midwinter taken in Kikuchi, Kumamoto.
The flow of the river and the light coming in give the viewer a sense of the grandeur of nature.
We are pleased to present an Honorable Mention to this photo, which shows the spirit of Japan's mountains.
The flow of the river and the light coming in give the viewer a sense of the grandeur of nature.
We are pleased to present an Honorable Mention to this photo, which shows the spirit of Japan's mountains.
Judges' Comments
Komezuka located in Aso, Kumamoto.
This popular sightseeing spot is shaped like a bowl that has been flipped over and shows the four seasons of Japan.
This work of art captures an autumn evening colored in silver grass, conveying the magnificent nature of Aso.
We are pleased to award an Honorable Mention to this photo that depicts Mt. Aso as nature has created it over its long history.
This popular sightseeing spot is shaped like a bowl that has been flipped over and shows the four seasons of Japan.
This work of art captures an autumn evening colored in silver grass, conveying the magnificent nature of Aso.
We are pleased to award an Honorable Mention to this photo that depicts Mt. Aso as nature has created it over its long history.
Thank you
for all your submissions!
for all your submissions!
You can practically smell the crisp green air.
We have selected this photo as the Grand Prize for its depiction of nature, which has been an integral part of life for the Japanese as an agrarian people since ancient times.