Four Seasons in Japan – Michelin

Michelin travellers have always known that a country can never be fully discovered in a single visit. Japan is perhaps the finest example of this. In spring, a shower of petals accompanies your walks. A few months later, the matsuri bring the streets to life, before the forests burst into flames of red and gold. Then comes winter, silent and luminous, which transforms the landscapes beneath the snow.

Throughout the book, Loïc Lagarde captures these transformations with patience and wonder. Each photograph captures a fleeting moment, a detail that only the season can reveal. Like an open-air travel journal, this book invites you to explore the archipelago in a different way, following the rhythm of nature and discovering a Japan whose beauty is constantly reinventing itself.