🇯🇵 Kyoto · on the tour map

Aura photography
in Kyoto.

See yourself in full color — a portrait of your energy on analog instant film, with an interpretation to take home. Kyoto dates are announced to the waitlist first.

5-minute sittings · limited slots · by appointment only

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First pick of Kyoto slots

We announce each stop to the waitlist before anywhere else — and slots are limited. One email when Kyoto dates drop, nothing else.

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What you take home

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Your portrait, on film

A one-of-one aura portrait shot on Instax Wide — your colors developed in your hands, minutes after the flash. No two are alike.

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Written interpretation guide

What each color means and how its position — heart, throat, above the head, left or right — changes the reading.

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The aura interpreter

Keep decoding after you leave — chat with our online interpreter about your colors, anytime.

Five minutes, start to finish

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Rest your hands on the sensors. The camera reads the same family of signals a lie-detector test measures — tiny shifts in your skin's electrical activity.

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Hold still for the exposure. Up to fifteen seconds while your energy is translated into color over your portrait — live, on analog film.

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Watch it develop. Your colors appear in minutes. Decode them with your written guide and the online interpreter.

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Prices will be in Japanese yen — pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Sessions are conducted in English.

Aura photography, Kyoto

Kyoto is where trips slow down — machiya lanes, temple mornings, an afternoon that isn't scheduled. An aura portrait fits that pace: a quiet five-minute sitting, hands resting on biofeedback sensors, a long exposure translating your energy into color on Instax Wide film. The print develops while you watch.

It makes a different kind of souvenir — not something bought but something read, a record of exactly who you were on this trip, with a written guide to decode it on the train home. When Kyoto dates are announced, the waitlist gets first pick of slots.

Fresh from the tour

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Good to know

How does the aura camera work?
Biofeedback sensors under your hands read the same family of signals a lie-detector test measures — tiny shifts in the skin's electrical activity — and translate them into color, exposed over your portrait on instant film. Non-invasive, nothing emitted, completely safe.
How long is a session?
Quick — the portrait itself is a single exposure of up to fifteen seconds, and most guests are in and out within about five minutes.
Is the session in Japanese or English?
Sessions are conducted in English with simple direction — no conversation needed for the sitting itself. Every portrait comes with a written interpretation guide, and the online aura interpreter can chat in Japanese too.
What should I wear?
Solid dark tops photograph best. Remove reflective accessories before your slot.
Can two people be in one portrait?
Yes — the couple's package includes two individual portraits plus one combined-aura duo portrait, reading the shared field between you.
When is aura obscura coming to Kyoto?
Tour stops are announced a few weeks ahead, and the waitlist hears first. Join the Kyoto waitlist to get first pick of slots.

Your colors are already there.
Come see them.

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