MOUNTAIN AND WATER

EPISODE 04 A Father’s Diary, and a Mother’s Smoking Pipe.

Father, Motoharu, died on December 25, 1978, aged 63.
Mother, Toku, died on December 6, 1990, aged 83.
Tadahiro Hiyoshi, first born son to Motoharu and Toku, and his wife Reiko,
talk about his gentle father, and his larger-than-life mother.

With the items that bear memories of his parents.

EPISODE 03 A Once in a Lifetime Meeting by the Grave.

It was Christmas morning, December 25, 2008.
Sachiyo’s husband took his last breath in a hospital room overlooking Tokyo Bay.
He was 53 years old.
Sachiyo Saito had lost her father in 2007 and her mother in 2006.
Her support system was slowly slipping away, one by one.

Now, 14 years later, we speak with Sachiyo to see how she moved forward
when it seemed her life was grinding to a halt.

EPISODE 02 Piggyback All the Way Home.

March 21, 2021.
His final moments were spent at home with the cherry blossoms in bloom.
He was a father, and a detail-oriented business owner.
He died at the age of 77.

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the family spent a year and a half together.
What did they go through? How did they feel?
We interviewed his children, Katsuhisa and Noriko.

EPISODE 01 From father to son...and beyond.

July 1, 2020.
Jin Kuze suddenly had to say farewell to his father, who’d never even been in hospital.
His father, Kenji Kuze, a passionate educator and avant-garde ceramic artist, died at the age of 74.
It had been a scant two months since his illness was discovered that May.
Now it’s been a year and a half.
We talked to him about his feelings changing with the passing of time.

ARCHIVES

EPISODE 04 A Father’s Diary, and a Mother’s Smoking Pipe.

EPISODE 03 A Once in a Lifetime Meeting by the Grave.

EPISODE 02 Piggyback All the Way Home.

EPISODE 01 From father to son...and beyond.

The name MOUNTAIN AND WATER is based on a Confucian proverb and
is a metaphor for the nature within the locale of Sayama and Inagawa.

ARCHIVES

EPISODE 04 A Father’s Diary, and a Mother’s Smoking Pipe.

EPISODE 03 A Once in a Lifetime Meeting by the Grave.

EPISODE 02 Piggyback All the Way Home.

EPISODE 01 From father to son...and beyond.

The name MOUNTAIN AND WATER is based on a Confucian proverb and is a metaphor for the nature within the locale of Sayama and Inagawa.

The name MOUNTAIN AND WATER is based on a Confucian proverb and
is a metaphor for the nature within the locale of Sayama and Inagawa.