Yama-Yoku #5 | Mt. Nokogiri

Mt. Nokogiri, Okutama, Tokyo, Japan The quintessential modern Japanese forest - Despite being man-made, these surreal sights of monotonous verticality cover over a quarter of Japan today. A remnant of the past, where in an effort to combat extreme deforestation, over 10 million hectares of Sugi and Hinoki ( Japanese Cedar and Cypress ) were planted. 7000 x 3566 px ABOUT THE SERIES; "Yama-Yoku" is a collection of 9 pieces by the artist Radiapyon, featuring a spontaneous encounter with the mountains of Central Japan . An encounter that so captures and enchants the imagination, it begins a 3-year journey of engagement and immersion within the mountain trails and roads of Central Japan. I hope that captured within these works, flows the reinvigorated sense of awe, wonder and joy that sparked in the timeless and mysterious mountains of Japan during those three years. ( 2018-2021 ) "Yama-Yoku" ( 山浴 ) is wordplay on the Japanese term 'Shinrin-Yoku' ( 森林浴 ) - known as 'forest-bathing'.