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A Strange Homecoming

Stumbling into a small restaurant in Nishiki Tenmangu, Kyoto, I found myself sitting amongst my Grandmother’s family. Comically, it was a pseudo-family reunion. The group made easy conversation even though we struggled with the language barriers.My family was impressed by my chopstick skills and enthusiasm for the local Sagano Torokko train. I was grateful for experiencing my first upscale Kaiseki. Across the table, I could finally put a face to my namesake. She had a big belly laugh, like me. It was unsettling to find my Grandmother in the faces of near strangers.

A Strange Homecoming is a documentation of finding comfort in unfamiliar spaces.

























What makes a home?

Three matriarchs provide their definition of a “home.”. The individual conversations between Amaya, Sato (her grandmother), Kiyomi (her mother), and Mayumi (her sister) are spliced and interpolated into a visual and audio collage of family, photos, and found objects.




November Thirtieth on the Nozomi Shinkansen