Japan’s largest photography museum is the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography in Yebisu Garden Place near Ebisu Station in Tokyo. Web site: http://syabi.com/english.php

Other art museums in the Kanto area (Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, etc.) with a significant photography department include:

• Yokohama Museum of Art – Near JR Sakuragicho Station and Minato-Mirai Station.
• Kawasaki City Museum – Near Musashi-Kosugi Station in Kawasaki, Kanagawa.
• Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts – Way out in Yamanashi Prefecture.

Fine-art photo galleries selling photography in Tokyo include:

• Photo Gallery International (PGI) – Longtime and well-respected gallery.
• Zeit Foto Salon – Another pioneering photo gallery in Tokyo.
• Galerie Sho Contemporary Art – Near Tokyo and Nihonbashi Stations.
• Taka Ishii Gallery - Represents Nobuyoshi Araki and Daido Moriyama.

Private and camera makers’ photo galleries in Tokyo include:

• Canon Gallery Ginza – Near Higashi Ginza Station.
• Nikon Salon – In Ginza and Shinjuku.
• Konica Minolta Plaza – Near Shinjuku Station’s East Exit. Although the camera maker has been absorbed by Sony, this gallery still exists.
• Pentax Forum – Near Shinjuku Station’s West Exit.
• epSITE Epson Imaging Gallery - Near Shinjuku Station’s West Exit.
• photographers gallery – In Shinjuku.
• Place M – Run by Daido Moriyama and others.

A comprehensive English list of other galleries, museums, and exhibition spaces in Tokyo and Kanagawa (Yokohama, etc.) which may show photography exhibitions is provided by Tokyo Art Beat at the following Web page:

http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/venue/

They also have a list of exhibition spaces in the Kanto area outside Tokyo, such as in Saitama, Chiba, Ibaraki, and Tochigi:

http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/list/venue_area_other

This page lists current photo exhibitions in the Tokyo/Kanto area:

http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/list/event_type_print_photo_bypopular

CP+ billboard near the entrance of Pacifico Yokohama.

Pacifico Yokohama, CP+ venue.

There was a long line to enter the camera show. Took me 20 min. to get in. It was the fist time to take so long to get in. They need more reception staff.

CP+ 2013 inside Pacifico Yokohama.

Canon had this shooting demo setup where you could use an EOS 6D to shoot a model (seen in the corner). You could use your own SD card to record images. 10-min. wait.

Pentax model for their Evangelion camera editions.

Panasonic Lumix.

My Book is a on-demand publisher in Japan. Very limited book formats, page counts, and expensive. They aim for the low-end amateur market rather than pro photographers wanting to make photo books.

Another on-demand publisher featuring cardboard pages. vivipri.co.jp

Tamron companions line up to say goodbye at the end of the day at 5 pm.

Click here for a short video of the Casio and Nikon booths at CP+2013

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Note that it is not a place to show your photos of Japan (you can do that on your own timeline). It’s more information-oriented rather than for photo sharing.

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Japan Standard Time: Feb. 10 = 9:30, 13:30, 17:30, 21:30, 25:30
Hawaii time: Feb. 9 = 14:30, 18:30, 22:30, 2:30 am
Greenwich Mean Time: Feb. 09 = 00:30, 04:30, 08:30, 12:30, 16:30
Eastern Standard Time: Feb. 09 = 19:30, 23:30
Feb. 10 = 3:30, 7:30, 11:30
Pacific Standard Time: Feb. 09 = 16:30, 20:30, 24:30
Feb. 10 = 4:30, 8:30

Parents were Japanese immigrant farmers in the US. Raised in Kochi city, Kochi Prefecture from age three. Studied agriculture in Kochi until 1939. Due to concerns of him being drafted in Japan, his mother urged him to return to America which he did in 1939.

Lived with a farmer and went to Univ. of California in 1940 until being interned at Armach, Colorado when war between Japan and America broke out. Since he had no assets, he did not lose anything unlike other Japanese-Americans who were interned.

He stuck with a group of shutterbugs in the internment camp. After being released in 1944, he went to Chicago after being told that he was free to go anywhere except the coastal cities. Joined a camera club in Chicago.

Studied architecture at Northwestern Univ. in Chicago 1946-48 where he met photographer Harry Shigeta and took up photography seriously. Studied under Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind at the Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago 1948-52 (B.S. degree 1952).

Freelance photographer in Tokyo 1953-58; Chicago 1958-61, and Tokyo since 1961 after moving back to Japan. Naturalized as a Japanese citizen in 1969. Instructor at Kuwazawa Design School 1962-1966 and Tokyo Photographic College 1962-1971. Professor at Tokyo Zokei Univ. Photo Dept. 1966-1971.

With ties to both Japan and America, Ishimoto gained recognition in both countries. He took an interest in traditional Japanese architecture, starting with photographs of the Katsura Palace in Kyoto. (Katsura was subsequently published by Yale Univ. Press.) His photo book, Chicago, Chicago is another signature work.

He has received numerous awards including Medal with Purple Ribbon and the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette. Survived by his nephew Takashi.

The shop has taken down the signs and apologized:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2086390/Japanese-department-store-makes-grovelling-apology-plastering-shop-windows-F–Sale-posters.html?ITO=1490