Dragons and Yellow Lanterns at Yokohama Chinatown

Yokohama Chinatown Part II: One of the most stylish Chinatowns I've ever seen. Almost every corner there is a pagoda gate with colorful displays from restaurants and shops surrounding the neighborhood. 

These long, yellow lanterns and the dragon-like shape caught my attention and stole the show!

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Asymmetrical Neon Patterns in Yokohama

Cosmoworld Waterfront Part II: Absolutely loved the dazzling, ever-changing lights at this waterfront in Yokohama. The vibrant colors, cool shapes, and epic reflections make this one of the must-see places at night in the city. 

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Futuristic Skies + Skyscrapers by the Waterfront

The future is certainly going to be unpredictable. Not just with the architecture, but the colors, the lights that illuminate into the sky...everything will be exciting, abstract, and futuristic. 

I decided to dramatize this photo taken in Yokohama, Japan a bit more by reducing the contrast, stripping out the dark colors, adding in hints of fog, yellow-white lights, pastel hues, and abstract designs into the sky to create an entirely different vibe of the city at night. 

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Streets of Yokohama: Colorful Building Aesthetics

After leaving Yokohama Station, I peered outside at this narrow streetway and immediately loved it. All the buildings are perfectly aligned, with neutral colors first in our view..,then colorful signs further out. The gray cast in the sky added to the cool vibes here, really allowing the neutral hues of the buildings to both blend in and stand out at the same time.  

Streams of Light + Rainbow Reflections at Yokohama

A spectacular night filled with rainbow colors, clear reflections, and blinding lights calls for magical skies. 

I was inspired by the cool streams of lights effect that I saw in a manga and wanted to bring it to life with this photo of the Minato Mirai waterfront in Yokohama, Japan.

In Your Eyes: Colorful, Bright Ferris Wheel

One of the coolest, most colorful ferris wheels ever. The lights shined so brightly and altered into all these other unique color combos throughout the night! 

It's fascinating sitting inside of one and watching the hues change right in front of your eyes in this particular angle.

Futuristic City: Dynamic Skyline + Blue Lights Imagery

It's always intriguing when you blend fiction with reality. 

I had so much fun creating this imagery. Inspired by Perfume's Tokyo Girl MV, I decided to create a futuristic world using Yokohama's breathtaking Minato Mirai waterfront as the starting point. 

After changing up the hues of the photo, enhancing the saturation and contrast, and lightening the overall effect, I added in cool blue details across the image. Various versions of blue gradient lights are shooting down from the sky with little snow droplets spread across it. Small sparkles are also added across the buildings to spread more magic into the air.

Yokohama's Waterfront and Cityscape Fantasy at Night

Cosmoworld Ferris Wheel: One of my favorite ferris wheels ever - I spent so much time 69 floors above just staring at the dazzling, bright, ever-changing colors and lights, trying to soak it all in. 

At the Yokohama Landmark Tower, you can see all of the beauty around the Minato Mirai waterfront, decked out with an amusement park, cool-shaped buildings (hotels!), stadiums, freeways, and other spectacular skyscrapers shining brightly at night. 

Yokohama Chinatown's Eclectic Pagoda Entrances

Yokohama Chinatown Part I: The traditional beauty of all the spectacular Chinatown entrances and pagodas. 

I loved wandering through all of the entrances of Yokohama Chinatown and marveling at the uniqueness of each of these! This one lit up as twilight approached and I decided capture this one from the side to give it an even cooler vibe. 

The Colorful Wheel: Vibrant Lights at the Waterfront

Cosmoworld Waterfront Part I: Probably one of the most vibrant and lively waterfronts I've seen. There are dancing, colorful lights changing every second on the ferris wheel (which was once the largest one in the world!) and unique architecture all around, decorating this mini amusement park.

The reflections were also so clear and bright that you could see all of the different colors from afar and watch it change into different hues throughout the night.