Kaede Lyu
Owara Kazenobon at a beach
This is Owara Kazenobon, a traditional dance from Yatsuo Town in Toyama, Japan. It is usually performed in the streets of Yatsuo, but I imagined that a beautiful harmony could emerge if this elegant dance were performed by the sea in Toyama. So, I captured this scene.
Awards
Color Photography Contest
2025Nominee
Fine Art
Non Professional
Owara Kazenobon at a beach
This is Owara Kazenobon, a traditional dance from Yatsuo Town in Toyama, Japan. It is usually performed in the streets of Yatsuo, but I imagined that a beautiful harmony could emerge if this elegant dance were performed by the sea in Toyama. So, I captured this scene.
About Artist
Kaede Lyu
Kaede Lyu works under the artist name “kaedeco.” Based in Toyama, Japan, she is a fine art photographer whose work explores memory, humor, and quiet storytelling through carefully composed imagery. She graduated from Kansai Gaidai University and spent a year studying film and photography at Portland State University in Oregon, USA, as an exchange student. After graduation, she returned to Toyama and worked as a photographer at a local photo studio for three years. Later transitioning into education, she is currently working as a high school English teacher while actively pursuing her career as a fine art photographer. Awards include Nominee at the Fine Art Photography Awards (2024) and Nominee at the reFocus Awards (2025). Exhibitions:• POP-UP QUARTER, Toyama Glass Art Museum (2021)• Storytelling (Solo Exhibition), Otto Studio 1975 (2022)• IRODORI, Toyama Glass Art Museum (2023)• White (Solo Exhibition), Kita Nippon Shinbun Hall & Gallery (2023)• An Everlasting Moment, Toyama Glass Art Museum (2024)• Kaminoichi, metate. guest house (2025)• My Captured Moment, Toyama Glass Art Museum (2025)
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