Epitahu Phantom Island, Yururi’s Light Rugu Atsushi Okada

Introduction (from the publisher)
The Nemuro Peninsula faces the Ohotsk Sea and the Pacific Ocean on the eastern end of the main island of Hokkaido.
2.6km at a distance from the kelp.Yururi Island is a flat island shadow on the sea surface, which is shaped like a disk.
In the past, there were houses and guards of fishermen who collect kelp,
Half a century ago, the last islanders left Yururi, leaving livestock horses.
Later, in order to eliminate incest disturbance, a stallion was transported to the island for about every five years.
At the peak, 30 horses lived, but the number continued to decrease,
Now only a few live.
The landscape of this island where landing is strictly restricted to protect the unique nature of this land.
It’s like reminiscent of the world of the novel “Lost World”.
Atsushi Okada, a photographer, has been shooting the island since 2011.
What do you look at, look at the things that are gone, protect them, and tell them to posterity?
Introducing modern Lost World in photos and sentences.

★ 2023 JRA Award Horse Awards
Contents introduction (from “Book” database)
The island of hazy horses in the fog of deep memory.Zero inhabitants, no landing, and modern Lost World where only horses live.Record of “Adventure over Yururi Island” by Ihei Kimura Prize Photographer.
Table of contents (from “BOOK” database)
Prologue Invisible Diary to Phantom Island / In search of when lost (6 dialogue over Yururi / on a cliff with iron -last islanders, Taizo Shobayashi / Reminiscence is a fogBeyond -The first Mao / Shorin Yone / Live in a paradise in the sea wind -Tokitaro Sasaki, the ranch owner of the nemuro / Hakuraku, chopped light and shadow in the chest -Azumi Ogawara, a ranch owner of Betsu Sea, etc.) / Yururi)About some things I know (Nemuro, Kuni, and Yururi / Scrap related to the country / Breastless blood cells that breathe in the eastern horses / Memories of famous ranch / flower garden effects and mysteries of white petalsOthers) / Epilogue Phantom Island
Author information (from “BOOK” database)
Atsushi Okada
Photographer, Doctor of Arts.Born in Hokkaido in 1979.In 2003, he graduated from the Faculty of Art, Osaka University of the Arts.In 2008, he obtained a Ph.D. in the Graduate School of Arts, Tokyo Institute of Technology.In the same year, he won the Ihei Kimura Photo Award, also known as the “Akutagawa Prize in the Photography World”.In addition, he received the Hokkaido Cultural Encouragement Prize, the Higashikawa Prize Special Writers Award, and the Fuji Photo Salon Rookie Award.The work has been public collections in the Hokkaido Museum of Art, Kawasaki City Citizen Museum, Higashikawa Town Cultural Gallery, etc. (this data was published at the time when this book was published).