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Shirasagi Sanjūrokkei
Himeji Castle, captured through
36 perspectives.
Changing seasons, shifting light,
and timeless angles.
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I recently watched a news story about a photographer who spent every single day photographing the pandas at Ueno Zoo. It struck me with a simple truth: no amount of technical skill can rival someone who shows up every day, driven by love.
Himeji Castle is that for me. It has been part of my landscape since childhood — a presence I grew up seeing every day. Then came thirty years living in Hong Kong, and when I returned, I saw the castle's beauty with entirely new eyes.
Having once left, I now understand its value in a way I never could before. And being back, able to visit whenever I wish, is a quiet happiness I never take for granted. Past sixty now, I head to the castle whenever time allows. That devotion rewards me with more "miraculous moments" than any occasional visitor could ever hope to witness.
What I aspire to is the world Hokusai painted in his "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" — everyday life in the foreground, the shifting seasons in the middle ground, and the castle standing unchanged in the distance.
What I want to capture is not simply a skillful photograph, but the intimate face of Himeji Castle — the one it only reveals to someone who has loved it all along.
