Works and Achievements

I traveled to Kesennuma and Ofunato in the Sanriku region between Miyagi and Iwate prefectures on a photo assignment for the Wall Street Journal: Travel Section.

At the end of 2023, I won a special award in a local photo contest.

One of my photos was selected to be the English version cover of a renowned Japanese author Keigo Higashino’s novel ‘The Final Curtain’.

A while ago, I entered the 20th JPA (Japanese Photographers Association) Photo Contest. Much to my surprise, I managed to snag a commendation award.

In early February 2020, I attended a special traditional festival called ‘Yonekawa Mizukaburi.’ What makes it special is that recently the festival has been designated as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural He...

Some time ago, I had the most pleasant opportunity to work with Manami Okazaki, an author and journalist with a dozen interesting books published under her belt. She was writing a book about cats then and commissio...

Every December, the northeast city of Sendai, Japan, holds one of the biggest winter illuminations, named Sendai Pageant of Starlight. It featured more than 600,000 bright lights strung on top of Zelkova trees that...