Hotare bookshop M and the photographs collected in

and the photographs collected in this book act as their archive of the natural world

which profoundly influenced Japanese landscaping

" Kami" means God and "ki" means breath

and street snapshots with obsessive dedication

fall and winter at her schoolhouse in Yase

Hotare bookshop M and the photographs collected inHotare is the highly anticipated new photobook by photographer Manabu Someya, woven together over a period of nine years since his previous work, Michi no Ki. The journeys he undertook across various quiet towns in Japan during this nine year span were previously shared in three exhibitions: "Ro," "Hotare," and "Roku no Fune." From these vast travels, 45 carefully selected scenes have been curated to form this volume. His lens captures the unadorned,