Yama-Yoku #9 | Arashiyama

Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan

A shrine, a Torii, a stone-lamp, a great cedar tree clad in Shimenawa; they dot the land with a distinctive human touch. Yet, their footprint is light enough that they do not detract, nor diminish from the landscape itself - instead framing, leading, cherishing, bringing a distinctive touch of character to the land.

2000 x 2646 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'.