In the years I have been doing photography professionally, I have worked across a wide range of genres: sports and event-related photography for the 1998 Nagano Winter Games (where I did work for the International Winter Olympic Committee, official sponsors, the media, including Sports Illustrated), the usual “travelogue” type stuff for Japanese and international publications, and the Yokohama Trade and Convention Bureau; and even portfolio photography for a Japanese model agency. I have had several exhibitions in Japan, and you can even see an enlargment of one of my images (the Yokohama skyline) on permanent display in the Shintakashima subway station on the Minatomirai line.

Much of the work I have published previously was either commissioned work, or work around a specific theme related to a projects’ needs. But on this site, I want to showcase images whose themes I have a particularly strong connection. The stuff on this website has more personal meaning for me. The work I would love to blow up and exhibit if I had deep enough pockets!

It’s not really a site about photography, actually. It is actually about my passion for the Japanese landscape. I have been exploring and absorbing the incredibly richly textured beauty of this land for over 18 years. ( I have 6 or 7 thousand images in my portfolio.) As I mention in my About section, I would rather paint, but since I have no talent for that, photography becomes my default format for capturing and expressing what I see in my travels.

So this is what I want to share with you: my love of the Japanese landscape. Hopefully, you will see a side that you normally don’t see in the usual travel brochures.

I am just in the process of developing this blog. Please explore some of the posts and feel free to leave a comment.

I hope you enjoy this small sample of my photography of the Japanese landscape.