Nicolas Datiche

Sakura season started in Tokyo, Japan - March, 2025.

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Elles sont toutes top oui.

Osaka, Japan - March, 2025

A woman looks at her smartphone while riding an escalator alone at a subway station on March 14, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan.

“My Hood” Kawasaki, Japan - March 2025.

The French artist Nicolas Buffe is exhibiting The Return of Cupid at the Megumi Ogita Gallery until March 15, 2025.

14 years already… The Great Tohoku Earthquake, often misnamed by desk journalists in France the “Fukushima Earthquake,” was my main subject for nearly a decade. One day, I’ll revisit the archives for a meaningful edit.

Higashimatsushima Miyagi, Japan - March 11, 2012.

“Umi no Hotaru”
Kisarazu, Japan - March, 2025.

« My hood » - Kawasaki, Japan - March, 2025.

« Disputed borders » - 2014.

1 & 2 : A tourist boat goes to the “unofficial” maritime border between Japan and Russia.
3 : The mayor of Rausu, Kimio Waki, was born on Kunashiri Island.
4 : A map of Hoppo Ryodo, Japanese Northern Territories.
#japan #russia #disputedborders

I wish Shiori Ito good luck for the Academy Award for Best Documentary with Black Box Diaries.
The photo was taken in June 2018.

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Merci Merci

Tokyo, Japan - February, 2025.

A7IV + Sigma 35mm f2 DG DN

Eight years ago, I decided to undertake a long-term project on the 228 Incident in Taiwan. From this work, 1st book was published in French and English. To me, 228 is the foundational event of Taiwanese identity.

Bullet impacts on the walls of a school in Kaohsiung.
#taiwan #228

“Tokyo Metro”

Tokyo, Japan - February, 2025.

#tokyo #metro #photography

Imperial Portraits,
Photos taken during Emperor Naruhito’s public appearance on the occasion of his 65th birthday.

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1- Crown Prince Akishino
2- Crown Princess Kiko
3- Princess Kako
4- Emperor’s daughter Princess Aiko

Tokyo, Japan - February, 2025.
A7IV + Sigma 20mm f2 DG
#tokyo #japan #photography

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko wave to the gathered crowd at the Imperial Palace on February 23, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. Emperor Naruhito turns 65 on February 23.

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#photojournalism #japan

泊まる- 50
« 泊まる » It’s an essay about places where i sleep, business hotel, motel, or more fancy sometimes...

Minamata, Japan - February, 2025.

Nicolas Datiche

#photography #picture #minamata

Two Japanese travelers sit in a restaurant, waiting for their flight at Haneda Airport on February 20, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan.

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#sipapress #japan #lifestyle #tokyo

Fuji city, Japan - February, 2025.
#mountfuji #fuji #pollution #japan

Kyoto, Japan - February, 2025.

15th Hakuho Cup at Ryogoku Kokugikan on February 11, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. The youngest wrestlers are 6 years old. After their tournament, they can attend a recreational sumo class with professional wrestlers.

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Archives « Last day at Tsukiji fish market », which closed in October 2018. And pictures from pre-open Toyosu market and tuna auction at Toyosu fish market. The images are from 2018 and 2023.

Archives of the old Tsukiji fish market, which closed in October 2018. The images are from 2010 and 2013.

Nicolas Datiche

« My hood - 4»
Kawasaki, Japan - January, 2025.

New Taipei City, Taiwan - July, 2024.

Nicolas Datiche

In 2017, I spent time documenting the women’s sumo team at Nihon University. Since then, the topic of “women sumo wrestlers” has become a recurring subject in the French press, finally giving these athletes more visibility.

Nicolas Datiche/Sipa Press 2017

Archive - Former PM Koizumi.
Tokyo, Japan - January, 2016.
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#photojournalism #archive #koizumi