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"The beauty of Japan from a global perspective, the nature and ambience of the region and the lives of its people, will be the focus of my future work."
In my 20s I traveled throughout Alaska, followed by five years each in New Zealand and Australia when I was in my 30s. During that time, I also took nature shots in other countries for various magazines and other clients. I even went to Greenland and Iceland, where I realized once again that what really fascinated me was landscapes of enormous scale. That's why I'm particularly interested in Alaska and Australia. In the wide expanses of Australia, you can sense the rhythm of nature as it continues on billions of years after its creation. I love spending time there alone, thinking about the Earth's history and the bounty of nature. When camping in the desert or wilderness, you can see the sun rise on one horizon and set on another, giving the impression of being able to see the entire world from one place. About 30 minutes after sunset, there's a sudden dramatic change as sunlight is reflected in the sky. And then later, you become the owner of the night sky full of shining stars. It makes you feel as though there couldn't possibly be anything better.
You don't have to go abroad to experience such spectacles, though, because there are many impressive things waiting to be discovered close to where you live. It's purely a matter of becoming aware of them. Just recently, I've started to pay more attention to Asia, especially Japan, the country I'm most familiar with. In a sense, I've kept the beauty of the Japanese islands as seen from a global perspective, including the nature and ambience of the region and the lives of its people, as the subject for my future work.
I was born in Toyama prefecture, near Mount Tateyama in the Northern Japanese Alps. The image of the mountain as I saw it as a child is firmly engraved in my mind's eye. Indeed, Mount Tateyama is another of my themes, and I have continued photographing it for the last 20 years. If Alaska was the starting point of my career as a professional photographer, then Mount Tateyama must be the origin of it all.
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