白鷺
三十六景

Shirasagi Sanjūrokkei

36 Views of
White Heron Castle

An attempt to capture 36 perspectives
of my hometown, Himeji Castle,
after Katsushika Hokusai's
"Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji."

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Project in Progress

Turning Himeji Castle into thirty-six views, seen from everyday life.

This project is not only about photographing Himeji Castle as a landmark. It records the castle through the eyes of someone who grew up in the castle town and still keeps returning to it, layering season, time, and the presence of daily life. Rather than treating completion as the end, I will keep refining the collection whenever I encounter a view that stays with me more deeply.

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Seasons

Four Seasons

Spring / Summer / Autumn / Winter

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No.34 Sannomaru Takigi Noh — White Heron in the Dark

Updated 2026.05.22

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The Heart Behind "36 Views"

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.

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