Welcome to the Asama International Photo Festival

Located in eastern Nagano Prefecturelies Miyota, a city of parks and culture nestled on a plateau in the foothills of Mount Asama.
Initiated as a precursor to the founding of a museum of photography here in
Miyota, our festival celebrates works of photography in a manner befitting and
representing Japan: a dominant force in the camera world.
While this event serves to showcase the works of many highly skilled
photographers from both Japan and abroad, we also have other aims: to convey
the craftsmanship behind each photograph, to witness the staggering achievements made possible through cameras and photographic techniques in the ever-advancing world of digital technology, and to provide a space where the allure and the joy of photography can be experienced with all of the five senses.

Making the most of the natural environment and our surroundings, we aim to bring
photography into union with numerous incarnations of culture, wisdom,
and sensibility – spanning from cuisine, architecture, music, film, dance, and more.
In this endeavor, it is our hope to create new forms of value together with our guests in preparation for the approaching future. Through this exchange, we consider the question: what is it that we can do for the current generation?
From Miyota and the foothills of Asama, we will deliver these messages to the world.