  Localized states universally appear when a periodic potential is perturbed by
defects or terminated at its surface. In this Letter, we theoretically and
experimentally demonstrate a mechanism that generates localized states through
continuous translational deformations of periodic potentials. We provide a
rigorous proof of the emergence of the localized states under the deformations.
The mechanism is experimentally verified in microwave photonic crystals. We
also demonstrate topological phase windings of reflected waves for translated
photonic crystals.
