citylikeyou — Izu Oshima — Tokyo by Yosuke Yajima

Tokyo / Island

Izu-Oshima is a small island which takes about two and a half hours by speedboat from the center of Tokyo. It is 120km away, but still is “Tokyo”. The island welcomes you with a distinctive landscape, having Mt.Mihara, a sacred volacano at the center. Travelers will fully realize how small they are facing the majestic landscape of Izu-Oshima.

Address
Izu Oshima, Miharayama Oshima-cho, Tokyo, Japan

Photographer

Current city: Tokyo

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Yosuke Yajima, has won a prize in 1_WALL, the photo competition in Japan. He later held several solo exhibitions and also participated in group exhibitions inland. As an office worker, he has been producing his works at a place where you can be close to changes in both structure of Japanese culture and common sense. His works can be seen in Tinyvices, the web site of the world-famous curator, Tim Barber, USA.

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Tokyo / Museum

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Tokyo / Restaurant

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Tokyo / Bar

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