A romantic vision of rural Japan. Tomomi Matsutani's second photobook, Yama no Hikari (light in the mountains), brims with a curiously refined nostalgia. The images, taken in western Japan, from Hyogo to Yamaguchi, Kyoto, Shimane, Okayama and Oita, depict sceneries and moments of life in the countryside with a remarkable sense of affection and even yearning, inviting viewers to accompany the photographer on a leisurely journey. In the afterword, in Japanese and English, Matsutani regrets that the faces of the people met in rural areas now resemble those of people in the city and that increasingly sturdy, perfunctory buildings are changing the scenery, yet knows that being part of a society of progress means not being able to go against it.