Ozaki Kazuo Railroad photo exhibition "Pass"

Kazuo Osaki (living in Shintoku-cho, Hokkaido) serves as a railway engineer in Shintokui agency district and has a hunkachi pass which is said to be the hardest place in Hokkaido until it is switched to the new line from the Meiji period to 1966 I have been on the various routes in the Tokachi Line such as former Nemuro Main Line. Beside that, I am pursuing and recording the appearance of a steam locomotive that was destined to fade away, pursued by the modernization of the power of the railway in various areas of Hokkaido, and presents it at a photo collection and solo exhibition. In Osaki's work, in addition to being an engineer's point of view, such as the severity of the standing environment, attention is attached also to people who use railroads as means of attaching to railroads and Katsukenkago, and means of living I will.

In recent years, the reappraisal and preservation of "railway heritage" has been highlighted in various parts of Japan. Niseko Town has railway heritage sites such as the former Shintoku Engine Zone Turntable and the Simple Track Track. In addition, the Hakodate Main Line “Yama Line” (between Nagamanbe and Otaru), which crosses the town, was constructed in the Meiji period as a major trunk line connecting Honshu, Hokkaido south and Hokkaido north, and has a history that supported the development of Hokkaido. doing. This "mountain line" penetrated the mountainous area as the name suggests, and it was a difficult place dotted with hills such as Otamoi, Inaho, Kutchan and Meina. The name of `` Niseko '' is from the `` Express Niseko '' led by the C62 type steam locomotive heavy train that challenged these passes and attracted people, and the `` C62 Niseko '' which revived for seven years from 1988 Maybe it is remembered in the hearts of many railway fans.

Osaki Kazuo (Osaki, Kazuo)
Born in 1939 (Showa 14), Shimizu-cho, Hokkaido.
After working as an engineer in Tokachi in JNR · JR, retired. Since he was in office, he held a wide range of art activities such as photography, painting, modeling, and held solo exhibitions in various places. In addition to writing a series of articles on newspapers etc., collections of works such as "Osaki Kazuo Photo Album SL" are also published.
Currently she presides over the "Osaki Museum" which collects and displays railway related materials in Shintoku-cho, and is working hard to succeed the railway heritage. Members of the Free Art Association, Hokkaido Art Association, Japan Photographers Association and others. Residing in Shintoku-cho.