AKOU TRIO

AKOU TRIO

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I had a lot of fun while in Kyoto, taking pictures of my friend Akou, Keishiro and Ryousuke along the Kamogawa river and in Yamanoha Cafe. A great Jazz Trio. Follow them here. Thank you Akou (vocals), Keishiro (bass) and Ryousuke (guitar).

SOMETHING ABOUT JAPAN
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SOMETHING ABOUT JAPAN

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Japan. Cherry blossom, sushi, the bullet train. The usual picture of a geisha, real or a fake. The usual stereotypes. Since my first time in Japan, almost twenty years have passed. For almost eight years I have been living there. I cannot count how many times italian friends asked me if I was tired of sushi…

AMERICAMURA
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AMERICAMURA

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Americamura (that translates in “american village”) is a small district of Osaka, connected to the large shopping and entertainment area of Shinsaibashi.Americamura, or most comonly Amemura, is the place for cheap,casual or alternative fashion. It is also a good place for cheap junk food. It is a good place to spend a day walking through…

FUKUSHIMA DIARY
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FUKUSHIMA DIARY

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CHAPTER I: TSUNAMI TWO MONTHS LATER CHAPTER II: TWO DAYS ON FUKUSHIMA CHAPTER III: FUKUSHIMA 2.0 TSUNAMI TWO MONTHS LATER Two months after the tsunami that hit the north east of Japan, I left Kyoto to join a group of volounteers of Caritas Japan (link). Purpose of the trip was, mainly, to help local people,…

KAMAGASAKI
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KAMAGASAKI

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If you get the subway at Shinsaibashi, in few stops you reach Dōbutsuen-mae station. When you get out, Osaka’s landscape has completely changed.No more trendy young people doing “bura-bura” (hanging out), Shinsaibashi’s and Dōtonbori’s big billboards are gone, department stores turned suddenly into small old fashioned shops.Walk a few hundreds meter south and you are…

原爆 (GENBAKU)
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原爆 (GENBAKU)

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This is a series of four images of Hiroshima A-Bomb Dome (or genbaku dome, in japanese) taken in 2008 using a pinhole camera.The intent was to reproduce the instant of the explosion.Pinhole camera often gives an unpredictable result. Blur is its main feature and it is used to create “dreamy” images. But I thought that…