Hon jima (本島)

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AOKI: Every year when I hike the mountain around autumn season I collect some mattake mushrooms.
On the way back I go to visit the old women of the village. I give them one mushroom each and you should see
how happy they are! Just by watching their happy faces my heart is full of joy.
I always go to the mountain when autumn arrives to get Mattake and bring it to the ladies.

A new perspective: from being to crossing
40 minutes faster, rocks of thousands of year
Islands as highway stops, abandoned places
People resembling rocks, people flying on heavy concrete

Hon jima, 2010
Thanks to Aoki san and Jacopo Bortolussi

music by Shirazi and Erh

online resource:
en.wikipedia.org/​wiki/​Shiwaku_Islands
en.wikipedia.org/​wiki/​Great_Seto_Bridge
“Island passages” from island studies