Kings Sea Road
🇯🇵 JP🇺🇸 EN
A freediver inside a bubble ring in Okinawa

KSR BLUE PORTRAIT

SKIN DIVING & UNDERWATER PHOTO

ASUKA BLUE SESSION / Photographed by Asuka

You, underwater, as a piece of art.
For the seconds you hold your breath, sound and weight disappear.
We photograph the most beautiful part of those seconds.
You don’t need to swim well. You don’t need to go deep.

A freediver gliding over white sand ripplesSunlight falling through the surfaceLight falling into a sea cave

Ask us on Instagram DM

PLAN & PRICEPlan & Price

Skin Diving & Photo Session

Beach Skin Diving Photo Session

¥14,000/person

We choose the location from the photograph you want. Any beach on Okinawa’s main island is a candidate, and the price is the same wherever we go.
90–120 minutes / 1–3 guests (solo is fine)
Photo data, retouching, equipment rental and insurance included (tax included)

※ Sessions run on selected dates only — the days our photographer is diving.
One guest is enough to run a session. There is no solo surcharge.
※ Every date is by request. We check availability and come back to you with a confirmed date.

Kuefu Island Tour

A small uninhabited island off Naha, with no buildings on it.
White sand, water clear to the bottom, and nothing else.
We cross by boat — about 4 hours for the half-day, about 6 for the full day.

1 guest2 guests3 guests
Half-day¥25,000¥44,000¥22,000 each¥63,000¥21,000 each
Full-day¥27,000¥46,000¥23,000 each¥65,000¥21,667 each

These are the total amounts you pay (tax included). Nothing is added on top.

How the total is made up

Session fee¥14,000 /person
Transfer (half-day)¥6,000 /group
Transfer (full-day)¥8,000 /group
Boat fare¥5,000 /person

Example: half-day, 2 guests
14,000 × 2 + 6,000 + 5,000 × 2 = ¥44,000
The transfer fee is charged per group, so the more of you there are, the less each person pays.
Transfer and boat fares apply only when we cross to an island. On mainland beaches the session fee is all you pay.

Departure times

Full-day8:30 meet / 14:30 return
Sunset15:30 meet / 19:30 return
Half-day (AM)8:00 meet / 12:00 return
Half-day (PM)13:00 meet / 17:00 return

※ Light reaches deepest into the water in the morning. If the photographs matter most to you, take a morning slot.

Send your dates on Instagram DM

INCLUDEDWhat is included

📸Underwater shooting
🎨All frames + 2 retouched
🤿Full equipment rental
🛡️Insurance
  • DeliveryYour photos arrive as digital files within one week of the session.
  • PhotosWe send you every usable frame from the session.
    The two best shots are fully retouched. Further retouching is ¥2,000 per photo.
  • SocialWe also finish a vertical crop, ready to post.

GALLERYGallery

Swimming beside a sea turtleRising toward the surfaceCoral reef and shafts of lightSeen from directly above
See more
Along the reefAn underwater frameDescendingLooking down on the reefButterflyfish

THE PHOTOGRAPHER

Asuka underwater
ASUKA FUJINO

01Seven years ago, I couldn’t dive at all

Here in Okinawa, I watched a woman sink beautifully into the blue.
No sound. No tank. Only her own breath.
When she came back up, her face was so calm.
I wanted to go where she had been.

The sea did not let me in so easily.
My ears hurt. My breath ran out.
The bottom looked close enough to touch, and stayed out of reach.
Every time I surfaced, the blue had pushed me back.

That was seven years ago. I have come back to this sea on every day off since.
A little at a time, I could go deeper.

So I know why beginners freeze underwater.
It isn’t fear. Your body simply hasn’t met the sea yet.
Seven years ago I was stuck in exactly the same place.

02A photograph showed me someone I didn’t know

One day, somebody photographed me underwater.
The person in that picture was not the person I thought I was.
She was far more beautiful.

I wanted to hand that feeling to someone else.
So I moved from in front of the camera to behind it.

03Not a souvenir. A piece of work.

If you only want a memory, your phone is enough.
What we make here is a photograph you can hang on a wall —
one that brings back the breath of that day, years later, when you catch sight of it.

You don’t have to swim well. You don’t have to hold your breath for long.
Finding the depth where the light falls best is my job.
All you have to do is be in the sea.

Asuka (ASUKA FUJINO)
NAUI Skin Diving Instructor — qualified to teach, not only to guide.
She also works as a nurse. Noticing small changes in the body is her profession, so she will never push you.
Before she raises the camera, she is watching your breathing.
Instagram @ksr.blueportrait

EQUIPMENTWhy these photographs are possible

It is darker under the water than you think.
The sea absorbs light, and an ordinary camera turns skin into a dark, noisy shape.
This combination is chosen so that never happens.

Sony α7S III

Built for low light

A sensor that deliberately keeps the pixel count low, so each pixel gathers as much light as possible. Even at depth or in the shade of a rock, skin never falls into black. Tone and gradation stay exactly as they are.

FE 16-35mm F2.8 GM II

Wide, and fast enough

Sony’s top-grade G Master at F2.8. 16mm takes in the whole sea, 35mm comes close to you. You and the water you were in, in a single frame.

Fast autofocus

One moment, once

Even as the water moves, focus locks onto the face and the eyes. A good expression happens once. We don’t miss it.

In a place that should produce dark, grainy pictures, what comes back is clearer than what your eyes saw.
That is why we can hand you a piece of work rather than a snapshot.

FLOWHow the day works

  1. The day beforeWe choose the spot with you, based on the images you want and the sea conditions. Then we send you the meeting place and time.
  2. MeetingCome straight to the beach we have chosen.
  3. BriefingHow to dive, and how we stay safe. We set a comfortable range based on how you feel and how used to the water you are.
  4. EntryWe walk in from the beach and start where you can still stand.
  5. ShootingShallow first, then a little deeper. We rest whenever you want to.
  6. DeliverySelected, retouched and sent to you as digital files within one week.

SAFETYSafety

  • OperatorKingsSeaRoad registered with the Okinawa Prefectural Public Safety Commission
  • GuideASUKA FUJINONAUI Skin Diving Instructor
  • In the waterA float is set on the surface throughout the session.

CONDITIONSConditions

Age18–59
Under 18 with a guardian, please contact us first
55–59 a doctor’s certificate is required
SwimmingAble to swim without a life jacket
Group size1–3 guests
DurationBeach 90–120 min
Kuefu Island half-day approx. 4 h / full-day approx. 6 h
BookingUp to 2 days before
ShowersSome beaches have no shower.
When that happens, your instructor carries a tank of fresh water so you can rinse off the salt.
Pregnancy, medical conditionsPlease tell us in advance

If you are flying out the same day

Even without tanks, repeated breath-hold dives build nitrogen in the body and can cause decompression sickness.
Entering the low cabin pressure of an aircraft afterwards raises that risk.
Please do not fly on the day of your session. If it cannot be avoided, leave at least 12 hours between the end of the session and your flight.
If your schedule looks tight, tell us while we are still choosing the date.

CANCELLATIONCancellation

7–3 days before50%
2 days before – same day100%
No-show100%
Cancelled by usNo charge
Send your dates on Instagram DM

Sessions run on selected dates only. Bookings and enquiries are handled through Instagram DM.

  1. 1Send us your preferred dates by Instagram DM
  2. 2We check the sea and our diving days, then confirm a date with you
  3. 3We keep talking in the same DM — the images you want, and where to meet on the day
See the work @ksr.blueportrait

We choose the location anywhere on Okinawa’s main island, together with you, the day before.

Instagram DMで希望日を送る