prologue
Passing on the baton of memory
It is essential that people be given time to learn and deepen their own recollections of the industries that have enriched and supported their communities.
2019/10/30
Industrial heritage conveys the outline of current society and offers an opportunity to think about the future. That is also the process that confirms regional identity.
2019/10/30
Modern Hokkaido seen in coalmining heritage
In 2019, Tan-Tetsu-Ko: Coal-Iron & Steel-Railway-Port became a Japan Heritage certified by the Agency for Cultural Affairs. At its center is the heritage of coalmining that prospered for an instant and then faded drastically.
2019/11/06
The reason I continue to photograph coalmining heritage
Encountering coalmining heritage while travelling changed my life quite drastically. I wanted to express the beauty of abandoned structures fusing with nature.
2019/11/13
Memories of a former coal miner
We met a coal mine heritage guide who has many years of experience in the mines.
2019/11/20
Otomo Trench, which became the foundation of Sapporo
Otomo Trench was the base of what became the Sosei River, which divides Sapporo into east and west. We follow the footprints of Otomo Kametaro, who dug the 4 km-long irrigation canal in four months, and laid the foundations of the city.
2019/11/27
Promoting tourism with concrete
As Hakodate developed into an international trading port in the late Meiji Period, it quickly started using concrete to build its infrastructure. A citizens’ group has begun to take advantage of the city’s concrete culture to promote tourism.
2019/12/25
The Agricultural Light Railway that helped open up Hokkaido
The Agricultural Light Railway played a major role in opening up Hokkaido then vanished about a half century ago.
2020/01/15
Making the island an eco-museum
Initiatives have begun to make the entire island of Rishiri seem like an eco-museum.
2020/01/29
