Fuka and Photography

Maggio 29, 2026Maggio 28, 2026 / sayuri.kirishima / 2 commenti

One of the most important parts of Fuka’s character is her love for photography.

Even before becoming a narrative project, Fuka was imagined as someone constantly observing the world around her through images.

夜、世界がゆっくりと静まるころ、私は光と静けさの中で自分を取り戻す。
写真は、手放したくない時間のかけら。鼓動と鼓動のあいだに浮かぶ感情。
私のレンズを通すと、小さな瞬間さえ永遠になる。

📍 東京・自宅

Fuka 🌸

Originally posted on Instagram → [view post]

Not only people and everyday life in Tokyo, but also empty streets, distant trains, rivers at sunset, quiet cafés, mountains, rain, and city lights reflected on wet asphalt.

For this reason, urban and landscape photographs occasionally appear between the main story scenes.

Here is an example → [view post] and here is another one → [view post]

These images are not interruptions to the narrative.
They are part of the way Fuka sees the world.

Sometimes a single photograph can describe her emotions better than dialogue.
A quiet street at night, a lonely station platform, or the colors of the sky above Tokyo can become small fragments of her thoughts and memories.

雨の東京。
同じ道を歩いていても、
みんな違う夜を過ごしている。

Fuka 🌙

Photography is not just one of Fuka’s hobbies.
It is one of the ways she connects with the world around her.

Here is an example → [view post] and here is another one → [view post]

Office Work and Mysterious Images

Maggio 28, 2026Maggio 31, 2026 / sayuri.kirishima / Lascia un commento

At some point, I understood that waiting for “the right moment” was only slowing the project down. When I started sharing Fuka online, the account was still very small. There were not many followers, not many interactions, and honestly no guarantee that anyone would truly care about this quiet blue-haired girl living her everyday life in Tokyo. But I realized something important: if I wanted Fuka to feel real, she needed continuity.

So I made a simple decision. No matter the numbers, I would try to publish at least one image every day.

Not because of algorithms.
Not because I wanted fast growth.
But because daily moments are what create a life.

Work moments…

Originally posted on Instagram → [view post]

Here is an example → [view post] and here another one → [view post] …and a last one → [view post]

It was while working on images linked to Fuka’s work that I thought of being able to insert some mysterious aspect into the scenes. But I still didn’t have a clear idea of how to develop the story.

Nothing too obvious.
Just details hidden in the background, recurring places, strange encounters, familiar silhouettes, forgotten documents, or moments that seemed slightly out of place.

I wanted Tokyo to feel alive, but also difficult to fully understand.

Originally posted on Instagram → [view post]

The image of this woman would return several times in the following weeks. Here is an example → [view post] and here another one → [view post]

Looking back now, I think consistency was one of the most important choices I made for this project.
Even when only a few people were watching, continuing to post every day helped me understand who Fuka really was.

古い書類をスキャンしていたら…

こんな不思議な絵を見つけた。

意味はまだ分からないけど、
とても象徴的な感じがする。

Fuka 🔍

Originally posted on Instagram → [view post]

The First Journey: Kyoto

Maggio 25, 2026Maggio 25, 2026 / sayuri.kirishima / Lascia un commento

The very first small sequence I imagined for Fuka was a quick journey through Kyoto.

At the beginning, the idea came almost by accident. I was simply thinking about how to make the Instagram profile feel a little more alive, a little more personal. Posting single images was nice, but I wanted something quieter and more connected — small moments that could feel like fragments of a real day.

That was when Kyoto appeared.

Not through a complicated plan, but through atmosphere: narrow streets, soft summer light, old cafés, train stations, silent walks, hidden corners between traditional houses. Kyoto felt like the perfect place for Fuka to take her first steps.

Originally posted on Instagram → [view post]

The idea was never to create a dramatic story. Instead, I wanted to build the feeling of a brief journey seen through her eyes — something delicate, slow, and almost ordinary.

A girl walking through Japan, discovering beauty in small things.

The sequence itself was extremely small: only three images.

In the first one, Fuka was leaving from Tokyo Station, carrying her camera and quietly beginning the trip. The following two images showed her in Kyoto, doing only very simple things — walking through the city and experiencing small everyday moments.

Originally posted on Instagram → [view post]

Nothing dramatic happened.

And maybe that was exactly the point.

I realized that Fuka did not need big events to feel alive. A train ticket, the summer light on a street in Kyoto, the feeling of being alone in an unfamiliar place for a few hours… those details were already enough to create emotion.

That tiny sequence became the real beginning of the project.