About Paul

Paul Crouse is an English-speaking photographer, tour guide, and online travel consultant based in Kyoto, Japan.

He is a former daily newspaper photojournalist from the U.S. with more the 35 years of professional photography experience. He has lived in Kyoto for more than 28 years.

Paul is the owner of Kyoto Photo Shoots and Tours, which offers photography services to travelers:

• Individual, couples, and family portraiture
• Marriage proposals, pre-wedding, and wedding photography
• Social media photography
• Guiding photo tours and private tours of Kyoto
• Teaching individual and small group photography lessons

Other Photography services

• Photography for local residents and business owners
• Advertising, commercial and editorial photography for international clients

BIOGRAPHY

Born in Michigan, he is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he studied journalism and was the managing editor of the Daily Cardinal student newspaper. He then worked for seven years as a staff photographer at the Grand Rapids Press newspaper in Michigan.

Seeking a new life, Paul sold all of his stuff and moved to Kyoto on short notice in 1995, where he has lived ever since.