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Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako greet crowds during his birthday celebration at the Imperial Palace. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/ZUMA Press/Pool)
Elite runners at the start of the 2026 Tokyo Marathon at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/ZUMA Press/Pool)
Buddhist monks during the hiwatari fire-walking ceremony at Yuki-ji Temple in Hachioji. Buddhist devotees walk through the flames with bare feet to pray for world peace and to receive protection from misfortune and illness. The event is held on the second Sunday of March. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/ZUMA Press)
A woman prays during a moment of silence for victims of the March 2011 disaster along Japan’s northeast coast. This year marked 15 years since an earthquake and tsunami killed almost 20,000 people and triggered the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/ZUMA Press)

Rodrigo Reyes Marin is a freelance photojournalist and videographer based in Tokyo.