YUEYONG Photographs
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JP / 2025

Saga, 2025

Takeo / Saga City / Arita

12 — 13 September 2025
A warmly lit room filled with old objects in Saga, Japan
JapanTakeo · Saga City · Arita

Notes

This short sequence crosses Saga Prefecture from Takeo to Saga City and Arita. Railway lines, a quiet riverside lane and ceramic details give each stop a different pace.

01 / Takeo

Railway lines and books

The first photographs face the tracks. Rails run through the frame in parallel while the white body of a train cuts across them.

Takeo returns later through a room lined with books. Public transport and a reading table give the city two quiet forms of shared space.

A white train passing railway tracks in Takeo
01 / TakeoThe first movement through Saga Prefecture.

02 / Saga City

One lane beside the river

Saga City is represented by a single narrow lane near the river. Walls, poles and an empty strip of road lead the eye through the portrait frame.

It is a modest interruption between two larger groups of photographs, kept because an ordinary street can locate a journey as clearly as a landmark.

A quiet narrow lane near the river in Saga City
02 / Saga CityAn ordinary street between destinations.

03 / Arita

Ceramic town

Arita is the largest group in the sequence. A ceramic torii, tiled details, dense green lanes and an old room appear within a few streets of one another.

The photographs move between fired surfaces and living foliage. Warm indoor light closes the group, while a still reflection provides its final frame.

A warmly lit room with wooden shelves and collected objects in Arita
03 / AritaA quiet room in the ceramic town.

Photographs

05 Frames
Railway tracks stretching away in Takeo
01 / TakeoParallel lines at the station.
Books arranged on wooden shelves in Takeo
02 / TakeoA reading room later in the day.
A ceramic torii and shrine structures among green hills in Arita
03 / AritaA ceramic gate above the town.
A green corner along a lane in Arita
04 / AritaGreen closes around the lane.
A still reflection in Arita
05 / AritaA final, still surface.

Afterword

Saga remains a compact note. Two days connect Takeo's tracks and books, one lane in Saga City and the ceramic surfaces of Arita.
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