[Includes 86 Moving Architectural Works in Japan] Architecture, Trembling. ──Why Do We Want to Go and See Certain Architecture? A Permanent Photo Travelogue Capturing the "Soul" of Architecture, Which Appears Only in the "Magic Hour" When Water and Light Merge.

[Content Introduction]

This book features 86 "moving architectural works" selected by photographer Tomio Takahashi, who has continued to photograph famous buildings scattered across Japan, waiting for the "most beautiful moment" to capture them. Presented in an overwhelming 272 pages. The moment the wind stills and the water basin creates a perfect mirror image. The few minutes after sunset when the building emits its own light, merging with the surrounding darkness. The fleeting instant when the architect's philosophy is sublimated into "landscape" is depicted with breathtaking visuals and precise text.

[Main Highlights of This Book]

● Symmetry of "Water" and "Light"

Shigeru Ban's "Fuji World Heritage Centre, Shizuoka" and Tadao Ando's "Great Buddha Hall at Makomanai Takino Cemetery" are vividly captured, utilizing the spiritual tranquility brought by water reflections.

● Aesthetics of Unique Forms and the Wildness of Materials

Terunobu Fujimori's "Flying Mud Boat" and Kengo Kuma's "Gallery on the Clouds," among others, delve into "living architecture" where traditional techniques coexist with original designs.

● Tokyo, Sanctuaries of the City

Covers everything from Kenzo Tange's "St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo" to the latest "Azabudai Hills," and the "THE TOKYO TOILET" project, which overturned the concept of public restrooms.

● Goodbye Moving Architecture: A Special Chapter Dedicated to Cherished, Demolished Masterpieces, Including Yuzo Nagata's "Miki Trading Tokyo Head Office Building No. 1."

● Includes a special interview with world-renowned architect Kengo Kuma, as well as special new photographs of Hiroshi Senju's "Hiroshi Senju Museum of Art, Karuizawa" by the world-renowned Japanese painter!

[Featured Works] Total 86 Works

Chapter 1: "Moving Architecture of Japan" - 38 Works

Great Buddha Hall at Makomanai Takino Cemetery / Towada City Library / Shonai Hotel Suiden Terrace / Sogin Takuto Tsuruoka / Big Palette Fukushima / Iwaki City Picture Book Museum: Beyond the Window / JR Hitachi Station / Art Tower Mito / Nasushiobara City Library Miruru / Ota City Museum of Art and Library / Maebashi Galleria / SHIROIYA HOTEL / Hoki Museum / Yokohama Port Osanbashi International Passenger Terminal / KAIT Plaza, Kanagawa Institute of Technology / Fujisawa City Akibadai Cultural Gymnasium / Hiroshi Senju Museum of Art, Karuizawa / Jincho Kan Moriya Historical Museum / Flying Mud Boat / Koka An / Ko-domari Fuji / Kiyoharu Art Village "Tea House Tetsu" / Fuji World Heritage Centre, Shizuoka / Grand Ship / Tajimi City Mosaic Tile Museum / La Collina Omihachiman / Chapel of Light (Full-Scale Reproduction) / Umeda Sky Building Floating Garden Observatory / Rokko Shidare Observatory / Awaji Yumebutai / Zenbo Seinei / Hotel Kawayu / Takahama Cafe / Anabuki Arena Kagawa / Kamuriyama Observatory / Gallery on the Clouds / Starbucks Coffee Dazaifu Tenmangu Omotesando Branch / Kyushu Geibunkan Main Building / Garden Terrace Nagasaki Hotel & Resort

Beautiful scenery of the hotel reflected in the rice paddy, "Shonai Hotel Suiden Terrace"

A mysterious Great Buddha Hall with only its head emerging from the ground, "Great Buddha Hall at Makomanai Takino Cemetery"

Chapter 2: "Moving Architecture of Tokyo" - 30 Works

St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo / Toshima Eco-Muse Town / Asahi Group Holdings Building / Super Dry Hall / Sumida Hokusai Museum / Edo-Tokyo Museum / Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium / Ueno Zoo Police Box / Tokyo International Forum / Dorado Waseya / Tokyu Kabukicho Tower / Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower / National Stadium / Urban Prem Minami Aoyama / Sunny Hills Minami Aoyama / Ao Building / Prada Aoyama / Azabudai Hills / The National Art Center, Tokyo / MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives / Omotesando Hills / Tokyu Plaza Harajuku "Haracado" / National Yoyogi Stadium First Gymnasium / Aoyama Institute of Design Building 1 / Shibuya Cultural Center Shibuya / Ariake Sports Center Building A / Tokyo Big Sight / Seikei University Library / In Memory of Helen Keller, Mitaka / Wagokoro Shoten / University Seminar House Main Building

A masterpiece of modern architecture designed by Kenzo Tange, "St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo"

Chapter 3: "THE TOKYO TOILET" - 12 Works

Nanagōdōri Park Toilet "Hi Toilet" / Sasazuka Green Road Toilet "Machiakari no Toilet" / Nishi-Sandō Toilet "Utsuwa / Izumi" / Yoyogi Hachiman Toilet "Three Mushrooms" / Haru no Ogawa Community Park Toilet / Ura-Sandō Public Toilet / Jingū Dōri Park Toilet "Amayadori" / Nabeshima Shōtō Park Toilet "Mori no Komichi" / Higashi San-chōme Toilet "TRIANGLE" / Ebisu Station West Exit Toilet "WHITE" / Ebisu East Park Toilet "Tako Park's Squid Toilet" / Hiroo East Park Toilet "Monumentum"

Shibuya THE TOKYO TOILET Project "Nanagōdōri Park Toilet Hi Toilet"

Chapter 4: "Goodbye Moving Architecture" - 6 Works

Miki Trading Tokyo Head Office Building No. 1 / Osaka-Kansai Expo Grand Roof Ring / Osaka Shochikuza / Lucien Pellat-Finet Shinsaibashi Store / Former Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium (Ship Gymnasium) / Hotel on the Clouds

A wonderful moving architecture that can no longer be seen, "Miki Trading Tokyo Head Office Building No. 1"

[Author Profiles]

● Photography / Tomio Takahashi

As a "Photographer of Water and Light Scenery," he pursues unique expressions with themes of healing water landscapes and light scenes. His skills are highly regarded, with numerous awards and selections in organizations such as the Japan Advertising Photographers' Association (APA), and his works exhibited at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum. He is active in major magazines such as "Shukan Shincho," "Shukan Bunshun," and "Kateigaho," and has photographed leading Japanese artists such as Kengo Kuma (architect), Shogo Kariyazaki (ikebana artist), Souun Takeda (calligrapher), MALTA (saxophonist), and Yasuko Sawaguchi (actress) as "artists of light to be preserved for the future." He also has extensive media experience, including an appearance on TV Asahi's "Jinsei no Rakuen." His representative work "Suien" is permanently displayed in the entrance hall of Soka City Hospital. His main book is "Kengo Kuma: Heretical Architecture" (Sansai Books).

● Text and Editing / Kaoru Nakata

Editor and editorial designer. He comprehensively plans, edits, and designs books and mooks across an extremely diverse range of genres, from architecture and design to subculture, lifestyle, and practical books. He goes beyond simple text editing to produce the entire book-making process, from project initiation and detailed sessions with experts to paper selection and printing specifications. This book, too, has solidified the essential charm of its theme into a single "book." His representative works include the "Ruins Book" series and "DARK tourism JAPAN." Recent works include "Haikai Bon," "Hibitabi Hibishuku," and "Haibura Daizen."

[Book Information]

Title: Moving Architecture

Photography: Tomio Takahashi

Text and Editing: Kaoru Nakata

Release Date: July 3, 2026 (Fri)

Price: ¥2,970 (¥2,700 + tax)

Specifications: Kikuban / Total 272 pages

ISBN: 978-4-8130-7650-6 C0072

Published and Distributed by: Taiyo Tosho Co., Ltd.

Product Page URL: https://taiyohgroup.jp/book/guide/id005767/