Author: Reiko Katayama Photographer: Kazuma Anesaki Publisher: Felissimo Publishing (Story Treasure Box 16) Published: September 25, 2008, First Edition, First Printing Price (including tax): ¥572 + tax (current price ¥1,415) 15 x 11.5 cm, 32 pages, a charming mini-sized picture book. ☆ No noticeable stains, scratches, or writing in the text. ◇ In good condition with no signs of use or damage. [No cover, no obi. No noticeable stains or scratches on the cover] ◎ A grand photographic picture book depicting the lives of those who live in the forest. When a large tree that has lived for a long time falls, the forest trembles and the ground shakes. The leaves that the large tree had spread are removed, and a window opens. Looking up, you can see the sky as if it were cut out, and new buds grow from the brightened earth. A photographic picture book that teaches us that the forest also changes slowly. The forest is surrounded by seasons, water, and air... The breath we breathe is absorbed by the trees in the forest, becomes oxygen, and returns to us. This is also the cycle of life. The forest and we seem far apart, but we are connected by breathing, the most important activity. "Nothing ever ends," perhaps. This is the first collaborative picture book by a photographer who continues to photograph Japanese forests and a poet who continues to speak with gentle and beautiful words.