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Takashi Nakagawa
A popular day to visit Mount Fuji, especially for photographers, is for "Diamond Fuj", a day when the sun rises or sets directly above the summit, creating a glowing effect. A festival is held at Lake Yamanaka on this day.
Backlit grassland leads to a mountain glowing under bright moonlight in front of Mount Fuji.
On cold winter mornings mist rises off of a lake, illuminated by the rising sun.
If you cannot manage to see real swans on the water, you might manage to find a swan boat to set the scene.
Visitors have a chance to see swans dancing in front of Mount Fuji from Lake Yamanaka. It was here that Nakazawa first fell in love with Mount Fuji.
A seven-minute exposure creates star trails above a dwarfed Mount Fuji, as seen from the Ikeno-Chaya Forest road.
For this image, Nakazawa waited through hours of heavy rains and thick fog until a clearing provided the opportunity for this mystical scene.
Spring flowers provide a bright and colourful foreground to the atmospheric blue of Mount Fuji.
After hours of thick clouds obscured the top of Mount Fuji, a break appeared just as the moon began to rise. Though the mountain never moves, patience is still key to making these images.
About 60 miles from Mount Fuji, the Takabochi Highlands provide a unique view of the landscape.