Still Life

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. (Jan.18.2018 | Jan.22.2018).

The wintertag (winter day) series is one of the winter landscapes in Japan. These are at my hometown and Foot of Mt.Fuji. It snows rarely in my hometown however, the Lake Yamanaka at the foot of Mt.Fuji freezes every year. The Lake Yamanaka is drained by the Sagami River, and it is the only of the Fuji Five Lakes to have a natural outflow. These landscapes are simplified by snow and I also tend to express simplicity and minimal.

The springtag (spring day) series is one of the spring landscapes in Japan. These are at Tokyo suburbs and Yokohama, Kanagawa.

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

The wild animals like deer, boar and bear live in the area of Shirasawa pass in Yamanashi Prefecture, where Dodge pickup truck and cherry tree from its bed are seen. I walked a snowy path through a forest for two hours to get there. The pickup is supposed to carry trees and left alone in the war time or after as cherry tree shows the time pass. | Mar.23.2015

Musical Actress and Vocalist : Kazumi Abiko / Dancer : Kaori Asahiro / Woodwind Quintet : Ensemble fem / Guitarist : Hidetoshi Ehara. etc...