Ah, the brands we know and love – the comforting yellow glow of an Iwatani Primus cannister – pleasantly reassuring given the backdrop of nature …



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The inherent character of spaces. The extent to which the notion of inside and outside becomes mute. Photos from a traditional Yakushima house with sliding …
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It’s raining hard by the time I manage to find the start of the trail, tantalisingly located next to the local onsen. Two old dears, …
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Kids paintings are the supermarket’s keep-the-kid’s-occupied/mum-happy medium of choice – from the A-Coop in Onoaida. Somewhat surprising? The volume of facial hair sported in many …
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The conceptual distance between an activity (photography) and the use of content and materials created through that activity. Like doodling on the cover of a …
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I’ve got an hour before the next transport trundles by, so it’s off to the local onsen – where the pool just so happens to …
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Manage to pick up a number of new friends on the trail, or to be perfectly accurate – negotiating a storm swollen river whilst trying …
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The National Panasonic logo has a particular significance in the landscape of urban Japan – where many neighbourhoods host one of it’s petit electronics stores. …
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Today’s Monday morning commute takes me past the southern tip of the Japanese mainland to the island of Yakushima with a heavy back-to-back agenda of, …
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