Though known as the "land of the rising sun," "it's always night in Japan," as we learn from Electro Spectre's song "Night in Japan."  It seems unlikely, yet Electro Spectre is correct.  Sunrise implies darkness.  Photographers know only too well that even as the sun begins to rise, "the sky is bright and the earth is still dark" (Photographing the Landscape: The Art of Seeing, 1997).  Pictured, a Japanese sunrise by Boris Iu.