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Truth in every moment.

Photography by Yasuyoshi Ohtaki

The landscapes revealed by nature along the Hanasaki Line vary with each moment and each viewer.
Take your time to enjoy the many expressions of the Earth itself,
captured by photographers through careful exploration.

Photography by Yasuyoshi Ohtaki

Photographers

Photographer/
Doctor of Arts

Atsushi Okada

Photographer

Hiroki Inoue

Photographer

Yasuyoshi Ohtaki

Photographer/Doctor of Arts

Atsushi Okada

Born in Hokkaido in 1979. In 2008, Atsushi Okada’s photography book, “I am,” won the Kimura Ihei Award, known as the “Akutagawa Prize of Photography.” He draws a lot of attention worldwide for his work, including photography featured in the official guidebook for the movie Norwegian Wood.

  • Morning at Easternmost Point  in Japan, Nemuro City
  • Long-tailed tit at Meiji Park, Nemuro City
  • Hamamatsu Foot Path, Nemuro City
  • Bulbul in Koyo-cho, Nemuro City
  • Lake Furen, Nemuro City
  • White-tailed eagle at Nemuro Port,  Nemuro City
  • Former Hattaushi Station, Nemuro City
  • Rural Winter Landscape,  Nemuro City
  • Yezo sika deer on Ochiishi Coast,  Nemuro City
  • Yezo sika deer at Cape Ochiishi,  Nemuro City
  • View from East Harbor, Nemuro City
  • Swans in Shunkunitai, Nemuro City
  • Japan’s easternmost station, Nemuro City
  • Kiritappu Wetland, Hamanaka Town
  • Night View of Kiritappu Wetland,  Hamanaka Town
  • Morning in Bekanbeushi Wetland,  Akkeshi Town
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  • Kakijima Island Benten Shrine and Mist,  Akkeshi Town
  • Ice Fishing in Bekanbeushi  Wetland,  Akkeshi Town
  • Lake Akkeshi, Akkeshi Town
  • Kelp Warehouse in winter, Akkeshi Town
  • Lake Akkeshi, Akkeshi Town
  • Couple’s Rocks on Suehiro Coast,  Akkeshi Town
  • Ezo red fox, Kushiro Town
  • Hanasaki Line, Kushiro Town
  • Nemuro Station
  • Futaoki_Ezokanzou Daylily Habitat
  • Shunkunitai_Deer Herd
  • Shunkunitai_Deer
  • Shunkunitai_Deer Family
  • Hamamatsu_Yururi Island
  • Hamamatsu Footpath_Grazing Horses
  • Hamamatsu Footpath_Grazing Horses
  • Hamamatsu Footpath_Grazing Horses
  • Cape Ochiishi_Lighthouse
  • Ochiishi Sanrihama_Hanasaki-line
  • Esashito Marsh_Grazing Horses
  • Cape Kiritappu
  • Cape Azechi_Kelp Fishing
  • Hamanakacho Kojima_Kelp Fishing Sailing
  • Lake Akkeshi_Kakijima Benten Shrine
  • Cape Shirepa

Photographer

Hiroki Inoue

Born in Sapporo in 1979. Focusing on Hokkaido, Hiroki Inoue pursues scenes that are alive today, such as those featuring wildlife and nature. In 2016, he was the first Japanese person to win first-prize in the Nature Category of the National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year. His photography book, “follow me Fuyu-no-Kitsune,” was published in 2017.

  • Ice net fishing, Onne Marsh
  • Ice net fishing, Onne Marsh
  • Ice net fishing, Onne Marsh
  • Withered trees, Onne Marsh
  • Akkeshi Distillery
  • Akkeshi Distillery
  • Kiha 54, Nemuro Station
  • Ice floating in Okhotsk, Nemuro City
  • Cape Nosappu, Nemuro City
  • Kiha 54, Kamioboro Station
  • Yezo sika deer, Lake Furen
  • White-tailed eagle and Steller's sea eagle, Lake Furen
  • White-tailed eagle and Steller's sea eagle, Lake Furen
  • White-tailed eagle and Steller's sea eagle, Lake Furen
  • Yezo sika deer near railroad tracks, Ochiishi Station
  • Shunkunitai_White Tailed Eagle
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  • Hanasaki Port_Hanasaki Crab
  • Lake Akkeshi_Oyster Farming
  • Shunkunitai_Red Crowned Crane
  • Shunkunitai_Ezo Deer
  • Shunkunitai_Red Crowned Crane
  • Akkeshi Fishery Cooperative_Oysters
  • Hanasaki Port_Hanasaki Crab
  • Hanasaki Lighthouse_Kombumori Fishing Port
  • Hanasaki_Lighthouse
  • Hanasaki Port_Pacific Saury Fishing Boat
  • Akkeshi Ayamegahara_Grazing Horses
  • Akkeshi Ayamegahara_Grazing Horses
  • Shunkunitai_Red Crowned Crane
  • Ochiishi Shore_Young Rhinoceros Auklet
  • Ochiishi Shore_Yururi Island
  • Ochiishi Shore_Yururi Island
  • Ochiishi Shore_Seal
  • Ochiishi Shore_Minke Whale

Photographer

Yasuyoshi Ohtaki

Born in Kushiro in 1964. Yasuyoshi Ohtaki is the director of foto-f8. In addition to advertising photography, he shoots collection/exhibition catalogs for Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art and other facilities. In his life’s work, he strives to capture railway scenery. He is a manager of the Hokkaido Branch of the Japan Advertising Photographers’ Association.

  • Akkeshi Station, Akkeshi Town
  • Higashi Nemuro, Nemuro City
  • Ochiishi Coast, Nemuro City
  • Ochiishi Coast, Nemuro City
  • Ochiishi Port, Nemuro City
  • Kushiro River Tekkyo Bridge, Kushiro City
  • Nemuro Station, Nemuro City
  • Ochiishi Port, Nemuro City
  • Akkeshi Coast, Akkeshi Town
  • Bekanbeushi Wetland, Akkeshi Town
  • Nemuro Station, Nemuro City
  • Nishi Wada, Nemuro City
  • Konbu Mori Station Area, Nemuro City
  • Ochiishi Port, Nemuro City
  • Bekanbeushi Wetland, Akkeshi Town
  • Bekanbeushi Wetland, Akkeshi Town
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  • Ochiishi Coast, Nemuro City
  • Bekanbeushi Wetland, Akkeshi Town
  • Bekanbeushi Wetland, Akkeshi Town
  • Kushiro River Tekkyo Bridge, Kushiro City
  • Nemuro Station_Hanasaki-line
  • Ochiishi_Hanasaki-line
  • Bekanbeushi Marsh_Hanasaki-line
  • Ochiishi Sanrihama_Hanasaki-line
  • Bekanbeushi Marsh_Hanasaki-line
  • Nemuro Station_Hanasaki-line
  • Nemuro Station_Hanasaki-line
  • Itoizawa Station
  • Ayamegahara_Grazing Horses
  • Kushiro River Railway Bridge_Hanasaki-line
  • Shunkunitai
  • Fureshima Marsh
  • Fureshima Marsh_Beach Rose
  • Bekanbeushi Marsh_Hanasaki-line
  • Ochiishi Sanrihama_Hanasaki-line
  • Bekanbeushi Marsh_Hanasaki-line
  • Bekanbeushi Marsh_Hanasaki-line
  • Bekanbeushi Marsh_Hanasaki-line
  • Chanai Station_Hanasaki-line