#Sea of ​​Japan

[kojiarakiartworks]

October 1995 JAPAN HOKKAIDO MATSUMAE

PENTAX Z1

FUJIFILM REALA

smc PENTAX-FA* 80-200mm F2.8 ED[IF]

© KOJI ARAKI Art Works

Daily life and every small thing is the gate to the universe ：）

[maviyenot]

[zegalba]

The Ama (sea women) are a group of japanese divers famous for collecting pearls.

Even in modern times, ama dive without scuba gear or air tanks, making them a traditional sort of free-diver.

[nightmarereverie]

Yumemiushi

[expressions-of-nature]

by Biwako

[uroko]

朧日の出 / 昇陽

[365filmsbyauroranocte]

Tugumi (Jun Ichikawa, 1990)

[evamostly]

Beautiful

[kojiarakiartworks]

April 1995 JAPAN HOKKAIDO MATSUMAE

PENTAX Z1

FUJIFILM REALA

smc PENTAX-FA* 80-200mm F2.8 ED[IF]

© KOJI ARAKI Art Works

Daily life and every small thing is the gate to the universe ：）

[todayintokyo]

Island cat by @Hisa0808

[zegalba]

Mariko Kusumoto: Sea Garden (2021)

[chimeride]

Shiro’uneri, the 250th Known One.

[iloveabortions]

‘The Sea Prince and the Fire Child’ (1981)

[expressions-of-nature]

Hitachi Seaside Park, Japan by asakara_11

[until-another-one-comes]

[tanuki-kimono]

[Ryûgû no sasoi - Invitation to the Dragon's Palace] modern summer kimono by Furifu, inspired by undersea princess Otohime from Japanese folktale Urashima Tarō.

This design is a modern take on the “muso” technique, a see-through tailoring using fine sha silk to unveil a pattern painted on a lining. Here Furifu uses a sheer black layer over a lining depicting colorful shells and sea-life arrangements.

The bottom hem is interesting, as Furifu stresses they used fringes as to mimic algae swaying in currents: