Still Life

Another side of Yokohama / Yokohama ordinary life (2008 - present) : I live in Kanagawa, Japan. Kanagawa prefecture has a city called Yokohama. Since Yokohama was one of our first port cities (in Japan), the landscape exudes history. Yokohama has incorporated a lot of different cultures from foreign countries. And Yokohama is now very different from what it was 10 years ago. // *Photo 1, 5 : National border (Mizuho bridge, US Navy Fire Station No.5) / Photo 3 : A disused track (for US Forces) / Photo 7-8 : Navy family 2008 (Navy housing : existed 1947-2015) / Photo 10-15 : "The Eight view of Kanazawa" by Ukiyo-e artist Hiroshige Utagawa | at the same place / Photo 17-20 : Kaigandori Apartment 2008 (not in existence today) / Photo 29 : dry dock (for the first time in 20 years).

The wintertag (winter day) series is one of the winter landscapes in Japan. These are at my hometown and the foot of Mt.Fuji. It snows rarely in my hometown however, the Lake Yamanaka at the foot of Mt.Fuji freezes every year. These landscapes are simplified by snow and I also tend to express simplicity and minimal. *The Sagami river (photo #19) drains Lake Yamanaka.

This series is an ongoing project. I live in Kanagawa, Japan. This location is southwest of Kanagawa prefecture. The theme of this series is coastal erosion and life. *Japan national route 1 Seisho Bypass (Oiso, Ninomiya, Kouzu, Odawara and Hayakawa : 20km section).

This personal series is an ongoing project, which started in 2010. These photos are at my parents’ house and surrounding countryside the Izu peninsula (Shizuoka, Japan). My father purchased a house in 2010. Father said “When I retire, I’d like to spend the rest of my life in the Izu peninsula”. Mountain-burning on the Mt.Omuro is one of the events of the Izu peninsula. It will be carried out in February every year for refreshment of grasses. I think it to be reincarnation (A never ending cycle of life). It is the last place that my parents live. | 終の住処

A foggy day / A snowy day. Similar but different. The nearby landscape and a fixed point. It rarely fogs/snows in this area.

My father comes from Takamatsu (Shikoku Island). I went to Takamatsu and Shodoshima for the first time in 30 years. In childhood, I always spent the summer in Takamatsu with my cousin. This series is re-recording of the memories of my childhood. |  Sep.2016 (in Takamatsu) / Aug.2017 (in Shodoshima | Island of Seto inland sea).

Kanagawa/Yamanashi prefectural road 730. The road leads to Lake Yamanaka. *Sometime I will continue this series.

Single photo / Extended photo library. *Some photographs are licensed on Getty Images | Creative RM/RF

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