写真家山谷佑介が、約15年前から野湯(のゆ、やとう)と呼ばれる自然の中で自噴する未整備の温泉めぐりをもとに撮り続けているシリーズです。この世とあの世が交差するような剥き出しの風景に心奪われた山谷は、友人や家族、時にはSNSやZINEで参加者を募りながら、温泉巡りを続けてきました。温泉文化の歴史は古く、「日本書紀」や「古事記」の中で、男女が一緒に飲食し、歌を交わして親睦を深める場として記述されています。 —出版社説明文より "自分のSNSで野湯探しの同行者を募ると毎回何人か連絡をくれる。…面識のない人同士の、半ば強制的なコミュニケーションが始まる。自分を知ってもらうための自己紹介、振る舞い方。たわいもない話を繰り広げていく中での、相手を知るための質問と若干のかけひき。探検が始まる高揚感と非日常への期待感。そして共通の目的を持った連帯感。そこで生まれるグルーヴは、時代や場所を超えて、<それはかつてあった>風景を呼び起こしてくれる。 —山谷佑介(本書あとがきより) [condition] New 新刊 [Artist] 山谷祐介 Yusuke Yamatani [Publisher] flotsom books [size] 220 x 147 mm 320p　Softcover [Published] 2024年 This is a series by photographer Yusuke Yamatani that he has been working on for about fifteen years, based on his visits to noyu (also called yato): wild, naturally occurring hot springs that gush up unregulated in nature. Captivated by these raw landscapes—where this world and the next seem to intersect—Yamatani has continued his hot spring explorations with friends and family, and at times with participants recruited through social media or zines. The culture of hot springs in Japan has a long history: in the Nihon Shoki and Kojiki, they are described as places where men and women gathered to eat, drink, sing, and deepen their connections. —From the publisher’s description “Whenever I post on social media asking for companions to join my noyu searches, a few people reach out each time. … Communication begins—half forced—between people who don’t know each other. We introduce ourselves, figure out how to act. Through small talk, we ask questions to get to know one another, with a bit of playfulness and strategy. There’s the thrill of the journey beginning, the anticipation of stepping into the extraordinary, and the sense of solidarity born from sharing a common purpose. The groove that emerges there transcends time and place—it calls forth the landscapes of what once was.” —Yusuke Yamatani (from the afterword)