1. An image processing apparatus, comprising: storage means for capturing wide-angle images at positions on multidimensional grids by using a plurality of imaging means each of which captures a predetermined sight, said storage means storing positions at which the images are captured and a reference direction with respect to which the images are captured, said positions and reference direction being stored corresponding to the images; control means for specifying a viewpoint of a viewer and a view direction of the viewer; and presenting means for identifying an image that is captured at a point closest to the viewpoint of the viewer from among the images stored in said storage means, and then determining an image region according to a view direction of the viewer by using the reference direction, and finally presenting to the viewer an image that falls in the image region.