Masu Photo｜Philippines

This is a photo-art collection of people holding the traditional Japanese wooden measuring box "masu", photographed in the Philippines (Cebu Island, Manila, Zamboanga) from February to April 2024.

Urban, island, everyday scenes.
In each different setting, the work captures the simple, straightforward expressions that appear the moment someone holds a masu.

How does Japanese culture affect the atmosphere when it enters the daily life of a distant land?
This volume is also a work that documents that process.

This photobook is produced not only to be read, but as a work that is completed when placed in a space.