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Help and About
getting familiar with the site and us |
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 Contact
us
Want to use the photos for something
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Would you like to see your message on
our site ?
Navigating through the site
About the Music
Misc. Q&A
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Contact us, About
us...
well... you know
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Sorry but since we don't like to be flooded by automated mail
programs...
Please type in the address by hand.
For questions / comments about the photos contact
uchuunavi (@) photopassjapan.com
" Please contact me about anything, except... saying
that i need to make more and better pictures. ( Unless you are
willing to sponsor us touring the country and with some more advanced
equipment :P ). "
For article and website related issues, comments, problems, threats,
hints, requests contact us at
contact (@) photopassjapan.com
" We'd like to know the people who are actually having fun
looking at the photos. And the constructive criticism of those
who are not enjoying the site might also help us finetune it.
"
If you have some comments, questions about the music, contact
Szesztay David at szesztay (@) gmail.com
( he'd be glad to hear about it, and will probably answer
)
For hosting issues, access problems, server information, or just
randomly visiting a site, go to
Sorensen
Online Agency Ltd.
( A great company in programming custom online systems... of which
you see nothing of in this site as we made the site static. )
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Want to use the photos
for something ?
getting permission and optionally a non-watermarked version
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If you'd like to put up a photo on your non-commercial related
site and in a positive context ( meaning you like Japan, us, or
both ) don't read any further, permission granted.
All that we ask is that you link back to our site ( http://www.photopasjapan.com/
) with the image, and/or a text link of your choice as the credits,
something like... "Travel Tokyo and Japan in Pictures - Photopassjapan.com".
Notifying us if something like this happens will make us happy,
but is of course not required. We'll spot you out soon enough
anyway. ( If you need images / html code for this, click
here. But you're welcome to link to us in any way you want
:-P )
Oh, and... Thanks.
But as said on the site we'd be flattered to hear that someone
would actually want to publish any of the images from our site.
But since it took some great effort on putting this all together
and of course quite some money, we'd like to ask something for
exchange in such cases, so we can continue on doing the site.
( or even just to keep it online... )
Don't worry we'll be reasonable.
Most of the time something like crediting us for the image or
a link to us would be more than enough!
 Just
contact us at contact (@) photopassjapan.com with some
information on who you are, what would you like to use the photo(s)
for and where, whether it would be something commercial related
or not, and in case you already know ( why wouldn't you... ) the
photos you'd like to use ( preferrably by their four digit ID
or at least links to them on the site ).
We'll answer as soon as we can. Well... meaning probably instantly.
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Your message on our site
another paragraph telling you to contact us |
New since 2008: if you are-, or working for a travel company or
offer anime, manga, games, language learning goods or other services
related to Japan... and ( thus ) you believe your message would
fit the theme of our site, get in contact with us and
we'll work out the details. You'll be introduced to the reader/visitor
trends : in general our visitors are a highly interested audience
mostly from North America and Japan and many people from the EU
and Australia, and most of them tune up their enthusiasm from autumn
till late spring.
The term of your message appearing can be anything from two weeks
to a whole year. Note that we're only interested in good looking
(!) image-format commercial messages, flash or perhaps
videos ;) ( sizes are skyscraper 120x600, rectangle 250x250, and
classic 468x60 ). Placement is flexible, you can choose any of the
main pages, city albums, districts or combinations. Contact us at
info@photopassjapan.com
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Navigation
by region, theme, map, tour |
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In case you already know what city ( Tokyo, Kyoto, etc. ) you
are interested in,
Open the map and click either its name or location to bring
up the available albums.
In case you aren't interested in particular areas, only some
selected photos of particular sceneries such as Shinto shrines,
gardens, people, trains or shopping in Tokyo, choose the Browse
by theme page.
In case you don't know anything about Japan, but are interested
please visit the Browse by tour
page that will introduce you to the featured albums.
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There are two types of galleries.
Regional by cities and districts, accessible from the browse
by region, map and tour pages, and
Themed galleries accessible from the browse by theme
and the home page.
The regional pages are all crosslinked based on areas, indifferently
from which page you approach them from. Once in city album view
you can always navigate about or expand the displayed selection
to nearby districts or cities.
Keep an eye out for the navigation links under the album
titles when in browse by region mode.
On the pages for each city, you can click on the city names on
the featured map to choose a different location.
In the tour mode once you have completed an album, switch
back to the guide window to travel on to the next.
The pages were designed to have many different types of navigation
from which visitors can choose from. These methods are however
only different ways of reaching the same collection, thus you
are unlikely to miss out on anything by favoring one to another.
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Expanding, narrowing down selection
album view modes for regional pages |
| Initially all links on the site pages direct the visitor to a
narrowed down selection, which may be expanded by additional photos.
The third stage link - Show preview of entire collection - leads
to a thumbnail gallery that lists the photos available for the city
or district. In this mode there are no links to large versions of
the photos. |
About the Music
artist and song information |
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All songs featured are copyrighted to their respective authors
and appear on the site by permission. To download available songs
in mp3 format please visit the download
page.
For more information on the songs, artists, and theme/album matches
please click here.
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Miscellaneous Q&A
or just answers since nobody asks anything |
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Background Music hint
four playlists for four atmospheres
Don't forget to choose a music theme or just click the Play Music
link anytime.
It's simply more entertaining to browse the albums with background
music.
Themes are set to
energetic ( for lively cities, includes rock, jazz, classical
),
journey ( more relaxed, for rural scenes, easy listening,
piano, ethno ),
jazz ( characteristic cities, mainly jazz, rock ), and
maze ( contrasts of Hokkaido and Shinjuku in rock, classical
and jazz ).
Also note that some songs are featured in more than one compilation.
The player allows you to skip, stop, play track, skip back, set
volume and switch theme.
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City Description
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- Our favorites
- Modern Japan
- Historic Japan
- Modern Japan and a favorite
- Historic Japan and a favorite
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PhotoPassJapan Links
Images and HTML code for linking to us |
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You can use any photo from the site to link to us. But if you'd
like something more general - or even more official - looking,
you might like to use these ones. Just copy the code below the
image into your website and the link is ready. You can also right
click on the images to save them on your computer and upload to
your own website later ( actually that's probably better for you
and for us ).
PhotoPassJapan Banner 300x175
PhotoPassJapan Logo 96x96 (grey bg)
PhotoPassJapan Logo 96x96 (light blue bg)
PhotoPassJapan sqare banner 91x91
Picture Japan while browsing recent, real-life photos of Tokyo, Kyoto and many other cities... a great way to find your ideal destinations, with regional and thematic albums.
PhotoPassJapan Text link
Travel Japan in Photos - real-life scenes of the real Tokyo, Kyoto and many other cities from PhotoPassJapan.
PhotoPassJapan Text link
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Tokyo Scenes 3
Ultramodern, people oriented city, the young and energetic face of Tokyo
Well, the site may be a little too excessive especially
on the issue of Tokyo, but here are some of the most essential photo
albums...
Just Click
on any thumbnail to see the pictures of either district or theme
Tokyo Scenes 2
Images on the real downtowns of the city, centers for and of all ages
Tokyo Scenes 1
A tour around some of the most famous historic sights in Tokyo
Tokyo Scenes 5
A closer look at some of the most unique and atmospheric districts
Tokyo Scenes 6
Finding the right place... whichever it is... from Shimokita to Koenji
Tokyo Scenes 4
Famous town centers in Tokyo, both historic and modern
Tokyo Scenes 7
A quick tour on the harmony of 21st century architecture and everyday
life
See a list of all photo albums
on Tokyo
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