Along the Ancient Path: A New Project Begins

I have begun sharing my ongoing project, From the Ancient Path — People Pass, the Path Remains. Since this is only an introduction to the work in progress, the portfolio is presented not on this website but in a separate location. It is composed of four chapters — Toward Dreams, Path of Time, Temporary Dwelling, and By the Roadside — offering a glimpse of the themes that shape the work.

The photography for this new series will continue until the end of winter, and the portfolio will be updated from time to time. I would be delighted if you'd occasionally stop by to see how the work evolves. Your impressions or thoughts would also be greatly appreciated, as they can offer valuable insight for the continuing stages of this project.

I plan to edit and publish the completed work as a new photobook next spring.

“Far Away from Here ...” is now on sale !

I’m very pleased to announce the release of my new photo book, “Far Away from Here ...” 

It’s an attempt to visually rediscover Japan, far away from the center of Tokyo, that is,

the “singularity” of this country, and at the same time, a record of a journey of trying to get away from “myself”. Anyway, it is the first step in my exploration into the “old layers” of Japan.

The book is now available at the Blurb Bookstore or on my website.

For more information, please visit here !

Season’s Greetings!

All the best for you in 2025!

I plan to publish a photo book "Far Away from Here…" early next year based on this prototype that I’ve just posted on the web. The photographs in the book are taken from the results of three recent projects, and are the footprints of my travels over the past several years, both near and far.

At the root of my travels, there is always a “centrifugal force” at work. It’s the workings of my mind and body to detach from this excessively concentrated metropolis. Tokyo is a skin of “the present” that constantly has a high metabolism, and yet it lacks the body of “history” beneath it.

In this country, leaving Tokyo means traveling back to the past. For me, now in my mid-sixties, this journey back is almost a physiological need.