The setting is Akihabara, and 45 people are photographed. 13 days of memories and records by photographers in their 20s will be exhibited in their hometown in Kansai.

"Why don't you talk to a stranger every day?" .

With the advice of a senior colleague, he began a life of listening to, writing about, and photographing people on the street in 2014.Yudai KatoBorn in Kobe, Japan in 1995, he is a photographer based in Tokyo from April 2019.

Yudai Kato stayed at "Noga Hotel Akihabara Tokyo" for 13 days, interviewed hotel guests and people he met in Akihabara, and photographed them for "13", a collection of photographs. When you open the pages, you will find a record of his encounters with 45 people in photographs and text.

13" Yuta Kato ¥3,300 W228xH297mm (A4 size) / 80 pages / Limited to 500 copies

And there is an exhibition of the same title as the photo book,VERDY.is engaged inRISE ABOVE GALLERYThe event will be held from this weekend at

After successfully completing our first solo exhibition in Akihabara, Tokyo, we are pleased to announce that we will be holding a similar exhibition in our hometown of Kansai. We are also pleased to announce that we will be exhibiting at the gallery of VERDY, a long-time friend of ours. This work is a record of the 13 days of mysterious encounters and events that took place after a passerby said to me on the second day of my stay, "I'm talking to you now because your frequency matches mine. Following my intuition, I walked the streets and made connections with 45 people. I would be happy if this work could trigger your thinking about the immaterial power that connects each of us and the beauty of unexpected encounters."-Yuta Kato

As stated in the statement, each person has his or her own chance to meet many people as they pass by each other on the street every day. After seeing "13," you may see the city differently than before.