Festivals

Festivals
Landscape

Landscape
Portraits

Portraits
Street

Street

Stories and Photos from my Journal

Diary
Summer
Summer
Luigi e le cose
Luigi e le cose
A day in 21:9
A day in 21:9
Winter Scenery and Old School Streets
Winter Scenery and Old School Streets
Somewhere Between Shoots
Somewhere Between Shoots
Sanja Matsuri, on Film
Sanja Matsuri, on Film
Nuvole
Nuvole
Ghost Danchi
Ghost Danchi
CP+2025
CP+2025
Sakuyo
Sakuyo

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View fullsize Summer in Tokyo hangs heavy. Cicadas, heat, humidity pressing down. A breath, a pool of shade, a pause in the rhythm. And still the city moves, slower under the fierce sun. www.giovannipiliarvu.com/journal/summer #StreetPhotography #TokyoWalks @lei
View fullsize My new article @linusrivista is out! Over six pages, I share the story of a Japan rarely seen — the quiet, reserved world of Kyoto’s maiko. With me, as always, was my Leica M10 and a vintage piece from my analog collection — a delib
View fullsize Luigi e le cose A few weeks ago, I visited a Luigi Ghirri exhibition at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum. That visit sparked a moment of reflection, rereading, and unexpected connections. Ghirri, Celati, the beauty of the ordinary, and a kind of p
View fullsize In winter, Japan slows down outside the metropolis. Everything feels quieter, mountain villages are covered in snow, and everything invites you to walk slowly and observe. That’s the spirit behind the workshop my good friend @tokyotimes_lee an
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View fullsize Wet day today in Tokyo. As the rainy season approaches, I feel like it’s a good time to share some of the magic that clouds bring over Japan. The first picture it's a recent one, taken while I was with @jrperezec14 in the Fuji lakes area. Moun
View fullsize In Tokyo, there are places where time retreats. A danchi on the verge of demolition, boarded-up entrances, silence. But walk a little, and signs of life appear. Faint, warm, stubborn. A story not yet finished, but soon to change radically. More pic
View fullsize Today I selected four photographs. Not for a story, not for an article—just for the sake of memory. To me, they feel like four fragments from the same long flashback. They don’t explain Japan, but I think they offer an impression of it. O
View fullsize Sakuyo! That moment of the year again—when the somei yoshino bloom and Tokyo shifts into something else. After nearly 20 years here, I still feel that pull. Still grab my cameras and head out looking for scenes where street and landscape meet