No.348 Monthly Yaima September 2023 issue

"Yaeyama 60 Years Ago (continued)"

This is a sequel to the previous issue.

I first encountered a camera the year after I joined the company. I fell in love with this camera, which was called a "bakachon" because it would take pictures when you pressed it. My photo of the Miyara River and the powerful black smoke of Yaeyama Sugar Co., Ltd. was chosen for the front page of the new year's issue, and it changed my life dramatically.

Text and photos by Shizuto Arita