1958 Born in Iwata Prefecture.

1981 Completed his undergraduate degree.

1983 First solo exhibition at the Zeit Foto Salon in Tokyo.

1997 Awarded the Kimura Ihee Award

2000 Monograph of Underground published.
Awarded the Higashikawa domestic photography award.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

1990 Institute du Monde Arabe Paris, France

1996 Instituto Giapponese di Cultura di Roma Rome, Italy

1998 Speed, The Photographer's Gallery London, England

2000 Serendipity, The Japan Foundation Forum Tokyo, Japan
2001 Venice Biennial

2006 Spectacular City, Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam

2007 NRW Forum Düsseldorf