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A Lodge in Japan

Years ago, before Dual-Stack Studio existed, we spent time photographing a lodge and its restaurant in the mountains of Japan — the peaks around it, the quiet in-between moments, and the food coming out of the kitchen. It's the kind of storytelling we now do for small places everywhere.

The lodge & mountains

Where the peaks meet the sky

A lodge lives and dies by its setting. These are the mountains, the water, and the quiet hours that made this place worth the trip.

A conical mountain peak above a dark mountain cabin
The same mountain peak at night under a field of stars
Sunset over a rocky coastline with waves
A wide mountain range seen through birch trees
A wide mountain range in muted morning tones
A lake with a red pagoda and footprints in the snow
A seagull resting on a weathered dock post over a lake
Sunset over still water with a lamppost silhouette
A stone monument with a mountain in the background
A warm glow in the night sky above tree silhouettes
A canal-side warehouse building with seagulls on a lamppost
A foggy window looking out over a quiet street
The restaurant

What came out of the kitchen

The lodge's restaurant, shot the same way we'd shoot it today — the craft, the plating, the ingredients, up close.

A chef slicing fresh tuna sashimi
A hand arranging a plate of sashimi and abalone
Abalone served in its shell over shredded daikon
A fresh salad plated with sake bottles in the background
Chopsticks lifting noodles over a strainer, beside a fresh salad
A chef preparing shellfish at a table set for service
Behind the scenes — the camera and table set up for the restaurant shoot
Behind the scenes — the shoot setup with camera, ingredients and prep table

Have a place worth telling a story about?

This is exactly the kind of work we do for farms, guesthouses and small local businesses today.

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