FAVORITE FISH: OURS AND YOURS (The Fresh Fish Almanac) explores Japanese food culture through fresh fish. Centered on Tsukiji and Toyosu markets in Tokyo, the book captures the rhythm of the GEMBA—buying, sorting, packing, and shipping—along with seasonal and regional diversity. Not a textbook or encyclopedia, it offers a visual journey through color, texture, and cultural context, guided by the philosophy of EAT FISH (Gyoshoku Fukyu).

This book begins with a quiet question: what kind of scene might we have witnessed if the Tokyo Olympics had unfolded alongside today’s surge of energy? Memories of Tsukiji Outer Market during the Rugby World Cup year, encounters with people, shared tastes, and a single decisive photograph of an alfonsino at Toyosu Market all shaped its path. Over seven years of photographing fish, markets, and conversations, one book gradually branched into another—gathering time, place, a