Yana Van Ginneken’s first book, A Place to Disappear, explores the quiet moments of disappearance that unfold among passengers traveling across Japan’s seas. The series began in 2024, when Van Ginneken boarded a ferry crossing the Inland Sea. She became fascinated by the way passengers gradually withdrew into themselves as the journey unfolded. Settling into their chosen places, they remained physically present while drifting increasingly into an inner world—gazing out to sea, closing their eyes, falling asleep. For Van Ginneken, the ferry became a threshold between konoyo (この世), “this world,” and anoyo (あの世), “that world” or the other shore.