A photographic work created from Nagai Botanical Garden, Kyoto Botanical Garden, and Onomichi, photographed during three clear days in Japan’s rainy season from June 10 to 12, 2026. The images of flowers, light, water, and Japanese nature resonate with Dvořák’s Violin Concerto performed by Midori and conducted by Nodoka Okisawa.

This is a photographic collection created over three miraculous clear days during the rainy season, from June 10 to June 12, 2026.
Nagai Botanical Garden on June 10.
Kyoto Botanical Garden on June 11.
Nagai Botanical Garden again on June 12.
For the final finale, I placed photographs of Kyoto Botanical Garden taken on May 20, when the rose garden was in full bloom under clear skies.
I also included one remarkable photograph of a newt that appeared among the hydrangeas at Nagai Botanical Garden, as well as views of the Seto Inland Sea and the Onomichi Channel taken from the top of the Onomichi ropeway.
The flowers and greenery of the botanical gardens.
The atmosphere around the water.
The light that appears during a clear spell in the rainy season.
Upon these images, Dvořák’s Violin Concerto is placed.
The music is Dvořák’s Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53, performed by Midori and conducted by Nodoka Okisawa.
Midori’s violin possesses nobility and deep lyricism.
Nodoka Okisawa’s conducting possesses youthful vitality and a firm sense of structure.
Dvořák’s music resonates with nature, nostalgia, life, and the prayer that lies deep within the human heart.
In this work, the botanical gardens of Japan and the landscapes of Onomichi quietly respond to that music.
The photographs do not explain the music.
The music does not explain the photographs.
Photographs and music face each other as independent arts, and gradually create one great passage of time.
I created this work as a meeting between the clear light of Japan’s rainy season and the musical spirit of Dvořák.