The erased-out Japan
A journey in search of the Japan that has faded from view, and a look back at the Maeda clan—one of the most powerful families of the former samurai era.
Japan
2014 Ishikawa – Kanazawa
The journey begins with a train ride from Tokyo to Toyama. From there, a rental car takes you north to the Noto Peninsula and then straight south to Kanazawa, the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture.
Tokyo – City of Ants
Living in adjacent mounds here are just over 35 million worker ants. They leave their tiny homes early in the morning and gather at train stations in preparation for the day’s task of hauling supplies back home.
Before the big departure
My thoughts have left the city,
My thoughts have left the city,
yet it is the first Wednesday of the year.
The road across the bridge is black
the river is dark,
the office is dark
the computer screen is black
The coffee as well
Japan, Travel
First trip to Tokyo – a strange journey
For the Volvo Group in Japan, February 2007. Tokyo. A taxi ride from Haneda, and the sheer volume of steel, concrete, bridges, and railway viaducts hits you like a...