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Article: Autumn reflections.(LOOK!)
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- Japan Inc.
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- November 1, 2004
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I WAS ASKED years ago to participate in a commercial project involving the photography of an old and famous inn in Fukushima Prefecture. The Showa Emperor (Emperor Hirohito) had once stayed there. The inn's owners--particularly on the distaff side, traditionally the power in Japan's culture of hospitality--wanted a look that diverged from the formulaic.
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The agency art director chose to remain pretty much in the background, and the inn's proprietors not only gave me the run of the elegant and expensive place for five days, but also elected to stand aside so that, as they put it: "Those blue eyes can find our special beauty here."
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