Members of the <n>Kaminari-zoku</n>, or "Thunder Tribe," a Japanese youth subculture, in 1959.

The women's bath at <n>Makiba-no-ie Ryokan</n> in Yufuin, Japan, from <n>Sento at Sixth and Main</n>.

The moss garden at <n>Tofukuji Temple</n> in Kyoto, Japan.

<n>Fuji</n>, 2009. Photo by <n>Masao Yamamoto</n>.

<n>Tokyo Compression #17</n> (2010) by photographer <n>Michael Wolf</n> from his series on Tokyo commuters.

<n>Shirahone Hotspring, Shinshu</n>, a <n>woodblock print</n> by <n>Kasamatsu Shirō</n>, 1935.

A view of <n>Mount Fuji</n> from a train on the way to Lake Kawaguchiko in Japan.

Kyoto, Japan, 1960. Photo by <n>John Launois</n> for <n>National Geographic</n>.

A portrait of artist <n>Yayoi Kusama</n> at age 10, 1939.

<n>Utagawa Hiroshige</n>'s '<n>New Year's Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree, Ōji</n>' (1857).

Anonymous photograph from the <n>Herbert Geddes</n> "Life in Japan" collection, ca. 1908-1918.

<n>People Sleeping on a Night Train in Japan</n>, 1964, by photographer <n>Nicolas Bouvier</n>.

<n>Yakiniku Horumon Kurayami-zakaue</n> restaurant in <n>Osaka</n>, <n>Japan</n>.

Dogs in kimonos at the <n>Ichigaya Kamegaoka shrine</n> in Tokyo for the <n>Shichi-Go-San</n> festival. Photo by <n>Kentaro Takahashi</n>.

The moss garden at <n>Saihō-ji Temple</n> (Koke-dera) in Kyoto, Japan.

The <n>Church of the Light</n> in Ibaraki, Japan, designed by architect <n>Tadao Ando</n> in 1989.

A surfer in <n>Kamakura</n> with <n>Mt. Fuji</n> in the background, 1968. Photo by <n>Steve Perrin</n>.

Jeans on a clothesline in Tokyo. Photo by <n>Victor Cheng</n>.

Two members of the <n>Kaminari-zoku</n> motorcycle gang in Japan, 1959. Photo by <n>Yukichi Watabe</n>.

<n>Subway, Tokyo, 1961</n> by <n>William Klein</n>.

<n>The Emotional Center of Shinjuku</n>, a 1962 photograph by <n>Hiroshi Hamaya</n>.

<n>Kawaguchiko #2</n>, a 2003 photograph of <n>Mount Fuji</n> by <n>Asako Narahashi</n>.

Night workers sleep on a train from Tokyo to Sendai, 1964. Photo by <n>Nicolas Bouvier</n>.

Photo by <n>Yosigo</n> for <n>Street Dreams Magazine</n>.

<n>Yōko Wanibe</n> photographed by <n>Masahisa Fukase</n> in 1973 for his series <n>From Window</n>.

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