Amazing and Surreal Photos of Fireflies In Japan · Global Voices
Nevin Thompson

Fireflies. Photograph by Flickr user 禾 Lin. License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 (No derivatives).
Each year in early summer in Japan, if you're lucky you'll catch a glimpse of fireflies in late May and early June. Fireflies (Japan is home to the Asian firefly, Luciola parvula) require clean, running water, and have long been a associated with rice paddies, which are flooded in Japan each May.
However, as Japan's farming population ages and rice fields are turned into subdivisions, there are fewer chances to see fireflies every year.
As part of a photography contest held by Tokyo Camera Club in June 2016, a number of photographers submitted amazing and surreal photographs of fireflies from around Japan.
Nakanishi Shingoさんの作品。リツイート＆いいね！大歓迎です。
https://t.co/xphLCJilGN https://t.co/L9P7Edmvzt pic.twitter.com/CvtuoKnGMo
— 東京カメラ部 (@tokyocamerajp) July 6, 2016
Image by Nakanishi Shingo
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s_t_523さんの作品。リツイート＆いいね！大歓迎です。
https://t.co/G3N5craQri https://t.co/iZjjKbED4O pic.twitter.com/ZWEGgEfSTV
— 東京カメラ部 (@tokyocamerajp) July 1, 2016
Image by Instagram user s_t_523
— Tokyo Camera Club / @tokyocamerajp
Takao Sudoさんの作品。リツイート＆いいね！大歓迎です。
https://t.co/M7J95Qv0Yo https://t.co/sSSzjMVlzm pic.twitter.com/7AKS0yC8Uk
— 東京カメラ部 (@tokyocamerajp) June 28, 2016
Image by Takao Sudo
— Tokyo Camera Club / @tokyocamerajp
Hiroyuki Shinoharaさんの作品。リツイート＆いいね！大歓迎です。
https://t.co/opgTR92Kqu https://t.co/RR5UmyZpwB pic.twitter.com/SScBrY6KH4
— 東京カメラ部 (@tokyocamerajp) June 26, 2016
Image by Hiroyuki Shinohara
— Tokyo Camera Club / @tokyocamerajp
リツイート＆いいね！大歓迎。東京カメラ部2016写真展 in Hikarie出展者のTakahiro Besshoさんの作品。（出展作品ではありません）https://t.co/FScvXHw9Lr pic.twitter.com/ctJ5QrHHY1
— 東京カメラ部 (@tokyocamerajp) June 23, 2016
Photo by Takahiro Bessho
— Tokyo Camera Club / @tokyocamerajp
リツイート＆いいね！大歓迎。東京カメラ部2016写真展 in Hikarie出展予定者のApple Manさんの作品。（出展作品ではありません）https://t.co/zMsXGGNJkp pic.twitter.com/CxEyZzhs9v
— 東京カメラ部 (@tokyocamerajp) June 22, 2016
Photo by Apple Man
— Tokyo Camera Club / @tokyocamerajp
「源氏と菖蒲の共演」 （2016.6.5 岐阜県揖斐郡） #tokyocameraclub #東京カメラ部 #igersjp #lovers_nippon #icu_japan #wu_japan #bns_japan #webstagram #wounderful_places #nightphotography #phos_japan #picturetokeep_night #japan_night_view #team_jp_西 #special_spot_vip #color_of_day #奥行き同盟 #写真好きな人と繋がりたい #写真撮ってる人と繋がりたい #ファインダー越しの私の世界 #instagramjapan #instagood #instagrammers #岐阜 #love_nippon
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“Genji and sweet sedge duet.” (Ibi, Gifu, June 6, 2016)  #tokyocameraclub #igersjp #lovers_nippon #icu_japan #wu_japan #bns_japan #webstagram #wounderful_places #nightphotography #phos_japan #picturetokeep_night #japan_night_view #special_spot_vip #color_of_day
Tokyo Camera Club tweets in Japanese, and also posts to Instagram and on its own website. Submissions to Tokyo Camera Club photo contests can be followed on Instagram with the hashtag #東京カメラ部.