"If only I could take my camera to the mountains tomorrow."
That wish became this book of mountain photography.
The Southern Alps, the Northern Alps, Yatsugatake and more, captured in a warm, retro mood.
I hope it lets you feel, even in the middle of busy days, as if you had climbed a mountain.

Japanese edition — a photo book, enjoyable in any language.

The mountains in this volume:
・Summer — Mt. Kitadake, Southern Alps
・Autumn — Mt. Yakedake, Northern Alps
・Winter — Mt. Tengudake, Yatsugatake
・Spring — Mt. Azumaya, Joshin'etsu
Four mountains and four seasons, climbed with a camera as if over a single year.

A big volume of 397 pages.
A book you can enjoy for a long time — a mountain photograph or two in a spare moment is a fine change of air.

This is the first volume of a brand-new mountain photography series.
As always, I could not have made it alone: my parents who taught me the mountains, the friends who climb with me, the cameras our predecessors created, the staff who support me, and you, the readers.
Thank you so much.

I have always loved the mountains and taken plenty of photographs there —
yet somehow they stayed hidden away on my computer, never shown to anyone.

For this book I finally picked them up, edited them, and bound them into one volume.
I hope these mountain photographs can set your heart free.

With gratitude, here are some sample pages.
(The full edition offers the photographs in higher resolution.)

Retro Mountain Camera Walks — Kitadake, Yakedake, Tengudake, Azumaya — sample pages