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The work was exhibited as part of the Tokyo Streets exhibition at Hibiya OKUROJI—just a few minutes’ walk from Ginza. It lived on a wall. People stood with it, spent time with it, and connected with it. The project did exactly what it was meant to do. What surprised me most was who connected with the work. It wasn’t younger viewers. It was older Japanese visitors—the ones who lingered the longest and had the most to say. Watching them move through both rooms of the exhibition

Rhythm of Place grew out of paying attention to energy — the way cities move between quiet and noise, stillness and motion. That work is structured around contrast, letting different environments and tempos push against each other. Even its calm moments are part of a larger rhythm. Between the Frames comes from slowing that process down. This project isn’t about reacting to what’s happening or looking for a peak moment. It’s about staying with what exists just before someth

I started Rhythm of Place in October as a way to explore contrast—quiet streets versus loud rooms, stillness versus chaos. What began as a loose idea has taken on a clearer structure. Rhythm of Place is starting to form into chapters, each shaped by a city and its relationship to noise. Some places feel restrained and quiet. Others feel dense and abrasive. The work isn’t about comparing cities directly, but about paying attention to how energy moves through a place and how

Over the past few weeks I’ve been rebuilding parts of this website—not just to clean up the layout, but to make it better reflect the kind of work I’m creating now. When I first set everything up, my focus was mostly on street photography as individual images. Since then, my approach has shifted. My work has become more documentary, more project-driven, and more connected to the places I spend my time here in Japan. So the site is getting a reset. The new layout is centered a

This roll isn’t really about Tokyo moving — it’s about it standing still for a second. The Leica slows me down. Metropolis strips away...

When I started shooting street, I spent a lot of time chasing the look—the perfect frame, the legendary style, the images I admired in...

There’s something humbling about staying in one place long enough that the unfamiliar becomes routine. I’ve walked the streets of Misawa...

"A Snowy Night" After nearly two decades behind the lens, I’m proud to finally launch G.Rob Photo —a space to share my vision, passion,...