 A tree-lined canal in Takayama |
by Graham Simmons
A trip from Japan’s manufacturing hub Nagoya northwest to the Hida district is not just a trip through some of the country’s most picturesque scenery. It’s also a trip back through time, to a somehow still-existing era when/where life proceeds at a slower and gentler pace.
In Hida no Sato village, 91 year-old Suezo Yamaguti demonstrates the ancient craft of shingle-making. He painstakingly shaves a hardwood slab using a hand-adze, using precise and steady strokes as befits a master craftsman. The 22nd Century may have already arrived in Tokyo, but in this part of Japan, the old ways of doing things linger on.. See image preview: http://www.photographersdirect.com/simmons/search.asp?lb=9564
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