Ukima | Hikaru Honda | Zen foto gallery 2025
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Ukima is a neighborhood located in Tokyo Kita ward where Hikaru Honda moved after his career as a scriptwriter failed to take off. Far from being a meditation on failure and regret, this book records the daily life in Ukima, in the shared walks together with his wife Noriko and the time spent at home, Honda’s camera records the moments of beauty that need to be discovered and actively noticed.
“On sunny days we took nothing but a camera and walked through Ukima together. Around the buildings were flowers planted by the residents, and she told me their names. But little by little, the scenery changed. Reconstruction advanced, and even the small handmade bakery we both loved closed its doors. One day, after a quarrel, when we had made peace again, she said to me: ‘You have never truly lost what is most important.’” - from Hikaru Honda’s afterword