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"A Journey to the Tobacco Shop on the Corner" is a collection of works by Issei Suda, one of Japan's leading photographers. Born in 1940, in the 1960s he dominated the monthly issues of camera magazines with Nobuyoshi Araki, who was the same age as him, and even back then Araki had a strong respect for him. Behind the scenes of the postwar high-growth period, many cultures and customs were lost, and identities were collapsing. In a situation like this, Issei Suda captured the reality from a folkloric perspective. His magical depictions using a 6x6 camera sometimes give the impression of an eerie and creepy otherworldly atmosphere, creating a unique worldview where the everyday and the extraordinary intersect. This book is a collection of works that were serialized in Camera Mainichi in 1980, compiled after nearly 30 years. The work was compiled from the perspective that even a distance of just a few hundred meters can be a journey, in a situation where he was forced to live in hospital due to the worsening of his chronic illness. He switched to a Leica camera and shot in 35mm format, and these works established a new style and marked a turning point in his career as a photographer.