My stdio is located at the foot of a small mountain in Sapporo, Hokkaido. This place where I

was born and grew up, is not too far from the mountains, and those mountains are not too high.

Those mountains are made up of individual trees, and those are clearly in the eye,I think they are so beautiful that I want to look at them for a long time.

My studio is at the foot of a small mountain.Walking between paintings.

I talk to the mountains that are always there.

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Plants that survive the harsh winter and sprout every year without fail.In the flowing seasons, the changing wind, air and feeling.It shows me how it flows and how it appears naturally.

 

Whenever i look up, the mountain is always there.The mountain is also just looking down at me.

They are just quietly looking at me.

 

And it means that they are looking at me.

"They" are there.

In the mountains, in the trees, in the plants, in the faint presence.

They are certainly my guiding light.

 

For me, living and painting here is irreplaceable and important.

I spend most of my days in the same place.

This place is everything to me now. But this place is endless and infinitely open.

 

Feel the wind, look at the stars and don't miss the passing of time,

I don't want to close the important door inside me.

Tomorrow again, I wish I could hold a brush.