Announcing the winning entries for the "#SummerSnapshot" illustration and photo contest!
Held for about a month starting July 23, 2025, the "#SummerSnapshot" illustration and photo contest captured moments that felt "like summer."
We received many submissions packed with the charm of summer, including seasonal traditions like fireworks and sunflowers, as well as landscapes that evoke the feeling of blazing sunshine and the vitality of lush greenery. Thank you for sending in such wonderful works!
After a rigorous judging process from over 17,000 entries, we are pleased to announce the winning works as follows.
Excellence Award (*in Japanese alphabetical order)
Ayaka
Iitomo
Kirimare
kEigo
nemu
Hashimoto
Hiroko
Binetsu
Morino
Yusukin
The 10 works that won the Excellence Award are also on display at the "404 Museum" (*). Please take a look at them on this page as well.
* What is the 404 Museum?
When you access a URL that does not exist, the error message "Page not found" is called a "404." At note, we display photos and illustrations by creators on those 404 pages and call it the "404 Museum." (The works change randomly when you reload the page.)
Also, all entries submitted to "#SummerSnapshot" can be viewed on the following page.
Thank you for coloring the streets of note with so much "summer" again this year!
