FLORA JAPONICA
photo fiction

"BOSS"
Photographer
"Ashisu Tanto"
Assistant
"Haru-chan"
Botanist
"Jiji Sensei"
Advisor

Flora japonica is a photo-novel digitally published as an horizontal fresco, like the illustrated handscrolls (emakimono) that are considered as the ancestors of manga. It features the members of the BEJ, a Tokyo-based old-school research center specialized in plant photography. However, BEJ's "Boss" seems to have more passion for photography itself than for the plants he photographs.

Will the output be up to the BEJ's ambitions? Find the answer in AKIBARE (A Sunny Autumn Day), first season of flora japonica.
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