Consulate-General of Japan in Auckland
在オークランド日本国総領事館

The Library, Massey University Albany Campus
Gate1, East Precinct, Albany Expressway, Albany, Auckland

Mon - Thu 8am - 11pm, Fri 8am-8pm, Sat/Sun 10am-8pm

Free to the public

This exhibition showcase the viewpoints of highly individualistic photographers who represent the past, present, and future. It portrays the culture, climate, people and their way of life in Tohoku including photographs taken from the 1940s until 2011 (prior to the earthquake) by world renowned photographers such as Ichiro Kojima and Naoya Hatakeyama.

Tohoku is the north-eastern section of Honshu, the largest island in Japan, where devastation followed the powerful 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami in 2011. However it is blessed with a beautiful and bountiful natural environment of seas, mountains, rivers, and forests although in a rather cold climate. These photographs depict the varied faces of Tohoku, and we hope that the brilliant artistic expression of these Japanese photographers will familiarise visitors with this region.