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Meet Coo and Yurika in Kyoto

#1 most-reviewed photographer in Japan🇯🇵🥇Rated 4.98/5 ⭐️ 500+ 5-star reviews🏆 Top 10 most booked worldwide🌏 1.6% 2024 Q1. Need the BEST shoots ?Just leave it to us 📸😊 We’ve worked with 10,000+ clients over 15+ years. Specializing in engagement, proposals, and family ! No worries if it’s your first time, you have small kids, or you're planning a large group session! We shoot in a natural, candid style, and happy to offer friendly guidance on posing and outfit choices! We know many hidden spots, so guide you to the best locations! We can also send you a list of recommended locations 👍📍 Kyoto ⛩ Osaka 🏯 Tokyo 🗼Feel free to reach out with any questions!

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    Languages Spoken: English & Japanese
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    Favourite Place to Shoot: Gion, Arashiyama and Fushimi-inari area

Three Things

  1. Coo also works as a national licensed tour guide 🇯🇵 and weather forecaster☀️☔️ - he can suggest not only the best timing and hidden places to capture beautiful light, cherry blossoms🌸 and autumn leaves🍁, but also nice restaurants and iconic locations to go. Yurika worked as a school teacher 🧑‍🏫and she likes to play with kids and is good at communicating with small children. We also send our clients a list of recommended places, and we always try to deliver as many photos as possible beyond the guaranteed number 📸😊
  2. We really love organic whole bean coffee ☕️ and organic dark bitter chocolate 🍫 We’re always so happy because many of our clients bring us a lot of coffee and dark bitter chocolate from their home countries ! It means a lot to us ! 😊🙏
  3. We are a couple who have been together since high school (at 17 years old) , we got married in 2018 (10th anniversary at 26 years old💍😊) We relocated to the countryside during the COVID-19 pandemic and have been renovating a traditional house that is over 100 years old ourselves. We also keep bees🐝 and chickens🐓 on a small scale, and in our garden we grow fruits like blueberries🫐, grapes🍇, and peaches🍑. Because of this, we often need to travel 3–4 hours or stay overnight for photo sessions, so we kindly ask for a travel fee of $95🙇‍♂️🙇‍♀️

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*** Please note: During high season, only one photographer of the pair may be available for your shoot. Depending on their schedule, a travel fee of 10,000 JPY may be required. Please inquire with the concierge team if you have any questions. If you are inquiring about a Proposal Booking, please note that Coo and Yurika are not able to participate in the Fly On The Wall Scenario.

Coo and Yurika requires additional travel fees on the following routes:

Higashiyama District: 95 USD

Philosopher's Path: 95 USD

Arashiyama Bamboo Grove: 95 USD

Okazaki Park: 95 USD


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My wife and I both LOVED our honeymoon shoot with Coo in Kyoto! Neither of us usually feels too comfortable getting our picture taken, but we were determined to have beautiful souvenirs from our trip to Japan that we could look back on fondly. We felt really at ease under Coo's gentle direction, and our session flew by so quickly, probably due to the pleasant conversation between the many shooting locations! Coo was very communicative before our shoot, giving us detailed instructions on how to find him on the day of the session, but also sharing a long list of great recommendations for food, activities and sightseeing in Kyoto, Osaka and Tokyo! He was extremely punctual on the day of the shoot, and we had no problems finding each other in the busy streets of Kyoto. We made our way from one scenic spot to the next, getting a few nice shots at each one. Coo even took my cellphone and would snap photos on it at the same time as he used the professional camera, I'd never seen that before and was pretty impressed! We recieved our pictures in record time and are just delighted with how they came out. We will cherish these memories for decades to come. Thank you so much Coo! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Leonid
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Couldn’t recommend Coo more. Our photos were great and he was able to capture us in so many places in a short time

KATIE
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Coo was an amazing photographer. He coordinated and guided me on where to meet, how to prepare and was very communicative. He even accommodated a date change due to weather! The photos were amazing, and he guided us through the entire shoot which made the whole process so easy! Perfect for tourists as well as he is extremely proficient in English.

George
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We loved working with Coo and absolutely loved our photos! His communication was excellent, and he sent us Japan sightseeing and food recommendations as well. You could tell how experienced he was because timing, location and route were mapped out with such precise detail. We met up early, so that we could get photos when the overnight street lamps were still on, giving such a beautiful effect. We managed to get so many varying backdrops in a short distance and within the 60 minute shoot time. He also did something I had not seen other photographers do, which is that he used my phone to shoot short videos and some stills while he was also shooting with his camera in the other hand. This allowed me immediate images and videos on my own phone! We love his work so much that we are booked with him again in a few months and will shoot at a different Kyoto location!! I can easily see how they are the most booked and most popular photographer in Japan.

Tien-An
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Will
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