landscaping

korankei-1-12

korankei-1-12

A bicycle with rear panniers parked on the near side of a street bounded by a low concrete wall extended to the right by a guard rail. Beyond the street and above a retaining wall in the distance is a row of half-completed flat-roofed prefab houses.
korankei-1-13

korankei-1-13

A bicycle with rear panniers parked in front of a traffic island inside a parking lot. A bush grows in the traffic island, and a sign peeks out of the bush reading (in English translation) “Number Five Parking Lot”. To the left of the traffic island a sign in Japanese asks drivers to turn off their engines when parked.
shiga-1-013

shiga-1-013

Low-lying dwellings, some with simple flat roofs, some more substantial with traditional tile roofs, lie in the distance beyond a meadow.
hamamatsu-1-008b

hamamatsu-1-008b

A diorama filling the entire front garden of a house. The area has been covered in cement or plaster, and decorated with some miniatures, and with streams painted in blue, and many other features painted directly onto the cement.