{"id":647729,"date":"2026-05-04T18:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/647729\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T18:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:46:10","slug":"nikons-custom-yellow-land-cruiser-is-on-a-second-cross-country-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/647729\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikon&#8217;s Custom Yellow Land Cruiser is on a Second Cross-Country Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Nikons-Custom-Yellow-Land-Cruiser-is-on-a-Second-Cross-Country-Tour-1-800x420.jpg\" alt=\"A yellow-tinted image of an SUV in the background with a circular logo in the center that reads &quot;Nikon Tour 2026.\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-852765\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Nikon has announced that its United States Nikon Tour that <a href=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/2025\/05\/08\/nikon-is-driving-a-custom-bright-yellow-land-cruiser-across-the-us\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">debuted last year<\/a> is making a return, this time hitting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikonusa.com\/content\/nikon-tour\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener nofollow\">10 cities across the country<\/a>, starting with Chapel Hill, North Carolina on May 15. <\/p>\n<p>This year, Nikon is expanding the tour to double the number of stops it attempted in 2025. So far, it has committed to 10 that will take place through November:<\/p>\n<p>  Chapel Hill, NC \u2013 May 15\u201317 Seattle, WA \u2013 June 5\u20137 Salt Lake City, UT \u2013 June 12\u201314 Denver, CO \u2013 June 19\u201321 Kansas City, MO \u2013 June 26\u201328 Dallas, TX \u2013 September 25-27 Nashville, TN \u2013 October 2-4 Washington, DC \u2013 October 23-25 Philadelphia, PA \u2013 October 30 \u2013 Nov 1 Boston, MA \u2013 November 7-9  <\/p>\n<p>Beyond more cities, Nikon is also expanding the programming it will offer in each. Beyond the \u201ctouch and try\u201d experience with Nikon cameras and lenses, the company promises photo walks and workshops. It will also add what it calls dedicated \u201cprogramming days\u201d that are tailored specifically to beginners, professional photographers and cinema creators, along with a new video-focused day centered on the Nikon ZR. <\/p>\n<p>What isn\u2019t changing is how it works: the tour is free to attend. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Nikon-is-Driving-a-Custom-Bright-Yellow-Land-Cruiser-Across-the-US-800x420.jpg\" alt=\"A yellow SUV with \u201cNikon\u201d branding on the side and front, parked indoors. The vehicle has a roof storage box, black wheels, and a custom license plate reading \u201cZ50II.\u201d The headlights and fog lights are on.\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-793766\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tour is a completely free experience for all attendees, who can expect to leave with the content they create, and will feature a dynamic mix of hands-on photography and videography experiences, as well as educational sessions and interactive workshops designed to help attendees grow their skills,\u201d Nikon says. <\/p>\n<p>Nikon will be stocking each location with Nikon cameras and lenses along with a host of its Ambassadors including D\u2019Ann Boal and Kristi Odom and contracted Creators such as Joyce Charat, Staci Brucks and Kirill Umrikhin. Nikon says that additional ambassadors, creators, and special guests will join to lead photo walks and immersive on-site experiences in the different cities, which will be announced closer to each date. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NikonMobileCrews00007-533x800.jpg\" alt=\"A yellow SUV with &quot;Nikon&quot; branding on the side and rear is parked indoors with its rear hatch open, revealing organized storage cases inside. The vehicle has black wheels and roof racks.\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-793772\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Nikon Tour is about bringing our community together and empowering creators at every stage of their journey,\u201d Fumiko Kawabata, Sr. Vice President, Marketing and Planning, Nikon Inc., says. \u201cWith expanded programming this year and more opportunities to connect, learn, and create, we\u2019re excited to continue building meaningful experiences across the country and across skill levels in 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Nikon_MobileTour_CHI25_01_lo-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"A person is taking a photo from inside a bright yellow SUV with the word &quot;Nikon&quot; in large black letters on the side. The vehicle is parked outdoors, surrounded by green trees.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-852768\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Details on each day of the tour tied to each city can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikonusa.com\/content\/nikon-tour\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener nofollow\">on Nikon\u2019s dedicated web page<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Image credits: Nikon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nikon has announced that its United States Nikon Tour that debuted last year is making a return, this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":647730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[76,354,355,49,48,356,549,75,85909,240957,240958,240959,240960,267,182],"class_list":["post-647729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-design","tag-education","tag-entertainment","tag-nikon","tag-nikonmirrorless","tag-nikonusa","tag-photowalk","tag-popup","tag-tour","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}