[Kyoichi Tsuzuki] TOKYO STYLE by Kyoichi Tsuzuki

A collection of works by Kyoichi Tsuzuki, a Japanese author, editor, and photographer.

" I had no choice but to buy my first large-format camera. I didn't have a car, so I put my equipment on the bottom of my scooter and rode around Tokyo for over two years. That was the beginning of my career as a photographer. Now, more than 30 years after the first edition, it feels like a small miracle that Apartomento is publishing a new edition of Tokyo Style. " - Kyoichi Tsuzuki

More than 30 years after its first edition, Tokyo Style, a cult classic and iconic collector's item, is back in a new edition. This timeless photobook offers an intimate and candid look at Tokyo's truly inhabited homes. The new edition retains the lavish layout of the first edition, but with a fresh binding. A selection of the book's iconic images is presented, followed by a newly written afterword from the author, which concludes the book by highlighting the nostalgia evoked by the works that capture the analog world of rich self-expression. Barry Yourgrau, a longtime friend of the author and US-based writer, has contributed a foreword, in which he muses on Tokyo's "messy and terribly messy " hideaways, filled with " the smutty and the quirky, the funky and the kawaii . "

This book invites readers into the everyday life of one of the world's great cities and offers a template for living more in touch with ourselves and our communities. " Come on, have a seat, " the author beckons. " This kind of life isn't so bad ."