Tonso Trail
Photography · Issue 02A field journalSummer 2025

Asia

No. 02

Four chapters from a summer in Vietnam and Japan: Saigon, the old capital at Huế, Mount Fuji and Tokyo.

Photographs by Tonso Productions
Cover: Chureito Pagoda above Fujiyoshida, Japan
  1. 01SaigonCity Hall, the night market and the river
  2. 02HuếThe citadel, its moats and the pagoda on the river
  3. 03Mount FujiChureito Pagoda and the lake shore
  4. 04TokyoSkyline, crossings and a counter seat
Chapter 01

Saigon

City Hall, Saigon
Night market under the lanterns
Fishing boat below the bridge
Motorbikes on the red bridge at night
Chapter 02

Huế

The Perfume River, Huế
Citadel gate and moat, Huế
The Imperial City at night, Huế
Thiên Mụ Pagoda, Huế
Old temple gate, Huế
Incense in the courtyard, Huế

“Incense drifting over the courtyard, and the citadel walls doubled in the moat.”

Huế
Fishing boat and the suspension bridge, Vietnam
Wildflowers below Mount Fuji
Chapter 03

Mount Fuji

Chureito Pagoda through the leaves
Torii gate above Fujiyoshida
Chapter 04

Tokyo

Tokyo from above
Crosswalk, Tokyo
Stone lantern at a shrine
At the omakase counter