Manchukuo (1932-45), where it is said that as many as one million Japanese once lived. This book explores approximately 400 buildings in places like Hsinking/Changchun, Dalian, Lushun, Fengtian/Shenyang, and Harbin/Harbin, primarily designed and constructed by Japanese people. The true image of Manchukuo emerges through these buildings. Winner of the 42nd Domon Ken Award, 2023 "Modern Architectural Heritage of Manchukuo" Osamu Funao, Photographer. Born in Kobe in 1960. Graduated from the University of Tsukuba with a degree in Biology. After working for a publishing company, he became a freelancer. He turned to photography after wandering through Africa. His books include "Kamisama Hotokesama Kunisaki Peninsula" (2017, Seitosha), "Filipino Japanese Remnants" (2015, Seitosha, winner of the 25th Hayashi Tadahiko Award and the 16th Sagamihara Photography Award/1st Eisei Tsuneo Award), "Republic of South Africa (Friends of the World)" (2014, Kaiseisha), "Kamisama Hotokesama" (2008, Seitosha, winner of the 9th Sagamihara Photography Newcomer Encouragement Award), "From the Forest of Circulation and Coexistence - The Wisdom of the Mbuti Pygmy Hunter-Gatherers" (2006, Shin-Hyoron), "The Illusion of Manchukuo That the Japanese Dreamed of - Visiting the Architectural Remains of Northeast China" (2022, Shin-Nippon Publishing), "Journey to the Great Indus World; Walking the Great River Basin Through Tibet, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan" (2022, Sairyusha), and many others. He currently lives with his family of four in a mountainous area of Oita Prefecture, growing rice organically ☺︎