FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL: PART OF THE WEEK-END NEVER DIES
Fuji Rock is a three day music festival held each summer in the mountains of Naeba, Japan. Rather than focusing on artists or concerts, this series focuses on the atmosphere, people, and details that define the festival’s spirit and uniqueness.
To date, approximately 40 days of Fuji Rock have been photographed, with only a small number of new images added to the archive each year.
All photographs are made with 35mm black and white film and published uncropped.
HAPPINESS IS MY DEFAULT POSITION
This ongoing series captures scenes and details of everyday life, offering a respectful social commentary. Most photographs were taken in Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan. The project began in 2011 and continues today.
All photographs are made with 35mm black and white film and published uncropped.
LAST YEARS OF HEISEI
The Heisei era lasted from January 1989 to April 2019, corresponding to the reign of Emperor Akihito in Japan.
This color series presents photographs of Tokyo taken in the last years of Heisei. As the city constantly changes, many of the backgrounds seen in these images have already disappeared or changed radically.
The series was exhibited at Earth+ Gallery in Tokyo in June 2019 as part of a fundraising event for cancer research.
All photographs are made with digital cameras.
4.28
Cars in photography are often tied to a specific time and place. This series consists of 366 smartphone photographs of Japanese cars and vehicles taken between 2018 and 2024.
Japanese license plates use four digits, creating 9,999 possible combinations. The series focuses on the 366 combinations that can be read as calendar dates, presented in chronological order.
As technology evolves, traditional license plates may eventually disappear. This body of work also serves as a record of the variety of vehicles found on the streets of Japan during that period.
A small selection of “4.28” plate variations is presented on this website.