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About this product:
Many of us are familiar with the city scape and beauty of Japan, brave towering buildings reaching for the sky, temples with their simple aesthetic to bring people to peaceful thoughts, and the streets filled with neon lights to attract the wandering eye. However, few of us know the Japan that isn't meant to be seen -- the underground constructions that are made to keep Japan running, without trying to appeal to any aesthetic, just simple function. But to be sure, there are amazing sights to be seen underneath the concrete, and photographer Hideaki Uchiyama brings them to us, his camera giving us sights unseen and giving the dark corners special intriguing beauty. This is an incredible photobook with large pages, something to stir the imaginations of anyone who picks up this 135 page full color hardcover coffee table book. For photography fans and for anyone who has ever held a curiosity of Japan.
In his third volume, Hideaki once again explores the vast underworld of Japan finding beauty and wonder where the light of the sun never shines. Again, this book carries a lot of power, including: underground laboratories where scientists study artificial organs on goats and pigs; a vegetable factory deep under Tokyo that produces some incredibly ripe and nutritious tomatoes; a bunker in Yokohama used to issue orders for attack during WWII now populated by swarms of giant house centipedes; an 11 km long evacuation tunnel underneath a mountain and much more. An index in the back describes the locations in both English and Japanese (bilingual) including impressions by Hideaki. 13" x 10". (instock)