Still Life

America in Kanagawa | There are dotted with US naval facilities in Kanagawa where I live. Of these US Radio Transmitting Facility Kamiseya in the suburbs of Yokohama was drawn off and the land was returned in 2015. The site area was 24.2k㎡. Cherry blossoms were planted along the surrounding highways as a sign of friendship. This part of the square opened to the public during the first week of April, despite the former border fence, the crossing is still prohibited. It is planned to attract an International Horticultural Exhibition which will be held in 2026, on the site of this US naval facility. After that, there is a plan to build a big theme park. The purpose of this photo series is to record one part of the history of Japan and the history of Kanagawa where the landscape will soon be reborn. *April.2019 - An ongoing series / Incl. Another History (That was a turning point in history).

The wintertag (winter day) series is one of the winter landscapes in Japan. This series is an ongoing project, starting in January 2014. These are photos at the foot of Mount Fuji and my hometown (central Kanagawa prefecture / An area along the Sagami River). The Lake Yamanaka at the foot of Mount Fuji is approximately 70km distance from my hometown. In my hometown, it snows rarely however, the Lake Yamanaka freezes every year. In November 2016, it snowed for the first time in 54 years in my hometown. The Lake Yamanaka is the headstream of the Sagami River (photo 14, 24) and it is the only lake with natural debouch into the rivers among the Five Lakes of Mount Fuji. These landscapes are simplified by snow and I also tend to express simply and minimally. / incl. Sub-series "The misty road".

Coastal erosion of Seisho coast / Usual life in the surrounding areas | These are photos at the southwest of Kanagawa prefecture (Sagami bay + Japan national route 1 Seisho Bypass 20km section [(Hiratsuka) - Oiso - Ninomiya - Kozu - Odawara - Hayakawa]). I also plan to compare these landscapes, ‘Hiratsuka’, ‘Oiso’ and ‘Odawara’ from the series The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido by Hiroshige Utagawa. This series is an ongoing project, starting in September 2018.

My father comes from Takamatsu (Shikoku Island). I went to Takamatsu and Shodoshima (Island of Seto inland sea) for the first time in 30 years. In childhood, I always spent the summer in Takamatsu with my cousin. This personal series is re-recording of the memories of my childhood. [B/W : Aug.1979, Aug, 1981 | Color : Aug.2016, Sep.2016, Aug.2017]

Single photo archives & Short series. Thanks for the feature | photo #04 : Incandescent zine Issue 17. photo #05 : @allcitiesarebeautiful COMMUNITY ROUND-UP N°23. photo #08 : Drive-by Film (@drivebyfilm). photo #09 : EYESCAPE MAGAZINE special issue "CONNECTIONS". photo #14, #15 : COVID-19 PICTURES (during the covid-19 pandemic). photo #16 : The Film Photography Diary. photo #27 : post evidence magazine (@post_evidence).

The portrait of the artist who is active based in Kanagawa. Musical actress and Vocalist : Kazumi Abiko / Woodwind Quintet : Ensemble fem / Guitarist : Hidetoshi Ehara / Singer-Songwriter : Tomomi Oe w/Junpei Chiba