"Abandoned Roads: Paths Forsaken" Shozo Maruta / Yoshiyuki Hiranuma Price: ¥1800 This is a collection of photographs of "roads that are no longer used." The cover has minor scratches and scuffs, but there are no problems with reading it. The contents are as follows: Photographer Shozo Maruta, who has been taking pictures of abandoned landscapes, and explorer Yoshiyuki Hiranuma (manager of the website "Yama sa Iganega"), who has been listening to the voices of abandoned roads, have teamed up. Roads, like abandoned railway tracks and ruins, also have untold stories hidden within them. Roads built for people, and then abandoned in the name of "improvement." The "roads that are no longer used," which have hardly been spoken of until now, are now speaking for themselves in the works of Mr. Maruta. The book design is by Shin Sobue of Kozfish. The intense perspective and vivid colors that only Mr. Maruta's works can produce are reproduced with the best plate making and printing under the direction of Mr. Sobue. [Featured Roads] Kuriko Tunnel / Fudozawa Bridge / Utsu Tunnel / Kata-domon / Akashiba Gorge / Taki-iwakami Bridge / Kanno Dam (Yamagata Prefecture) / Kibitaki Tunnel / Hido Tunnel / Katami Tunnel (Fukushima Prefecture) / Kazusaka Tunnel (Gunma Prefecture) / Miyori Bridge (Tochigi Prefecture) / Fukiage Tunnel (Tokyo) / Hata Tunnel / Kamie Bridge (Saitama Prefecture) / Chuo Expressway / Yamabushi Tunnel / Hinatsuru Tunnel / Shirasawa Pass / Shimoyama Tunnel / Inamatagawa Bridge (Yamanashi Prefecture) / Sakai Bridge (Niigata Prefecture) / Kekkai Bridge (Nagano Prefecture) / Hakurei Tunnel / Usami Tunnel / Ajiro Tunnel (Shizuoka Prefecture) / Hiwada Tunnel / Karuoka Tunnel (Gifu Prefecture) / Nagano Tunnel (Mie Prefecture) and many others #ShozoMaruta #Shozo_Maruta #YoshiyukiHiranuma #Yoshiyuki_Hiranuma #Book #Art/Photography/Crafts #Roads #Tunnels #OldRoads #Ruins"