Beyond The Frame
Takashi YasuiNotes on life, observation, and photography beyond the frame, from Japan.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 35 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 11 days ago |
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Visual Notes 006
Japan has a rainy season called tsuyu.
A long stretch of light rain that keeps falling. The beginning of this season is announced on the news: “Tsuyu has begun.”
But in recent years, the start of tsuyu has become less clear. Instead of st...
On being satisfied with where I am
This week’s Midweek Notes is on a phrase from a persimmon-maker, and the evaluation game.
I once visited a small company that makes dried persimmons. I spoke with an elderly woman who was working there. She told me she had been doing this...
Crossing to Kagawa
From the summer of 2025 into 2026, around the time my son was born, I lived in Kagawa Prefecture, where my wife is from.
I had visited before on photo trips, but Kagawa came to feel close to me through those six months of staying there. Wh...
Why I stopped buying new cameras
This week's Midweek Notes is on the inside of camera reviews, and stepping off the upgrade cycle.
A while ago, a subscriber commented on one of my Notes posts that they were still using a Fujifilm X-T1, released in 2014.
Visual Notes 005
Some time ago, I often traveled between Tokyo and Kyushu for work. I would take the Shinkansen west from Tokyo, past Kyoto, past Osaka, and further west.
Looking out the window, I noticed something after the train passed Okayama Station. A...
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