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Ariko Inaoka (Japanese: 稲岡亜里子, born Kyoto 1975) is a Japanese photographer, best known for her long-term project of photographing a pair of Icelandic twins. She is also the owner of Honke Owariya, a long-established soba restaurant in Kyoto.

Youth

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Born in Kyoto in 1975, Inaoka went to a high school in San Diego from 1992 and studied at Parsons School of Design from 1995, graduating in 1999. She started working at magazines and catalogs in Paris, London, and Japan, mainly in fashion photography. She moved back to Tokyo in 2006.[1]

Photography

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Inaoka has worked as a fashion photographer. From 1998 to 2002 she worked on The Number after 10 with Claudia Hill[2] In 2000, Photo District News named her one of the PDN/Kodak 30 under thirty.[3] Her earlier work was done under the single name Ariko (in Roman letters).[n 1]

Inaoka is known for her years-long photography of a pair of identical twins[4][5] in Iceland, which she has called "the place for my creativity and inspiration."[6] She first met Erna and Hrefna (Icelandic for "eagle" and "raven" respectively[7]) in 2006, but only started photographing them in 2009, when they were nine.[6] She was drawn to the twins as a subject because of their "telepathic" connection.[8] The photography continued until 2017.[9]

Other subjects Inaoka has photographed include landscapes and travelers.[10]

Restaurant ownership

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Entrance to the soba shop Honke Owariya

Inaoka returned to Kyoto in 2011. She is the current and sixteenth owner of Honke Owariya, founded in 1465 and the oldest soba restaurant in Kyoto[11] and perhaps the whole of Japan.[1][12] She follows this tradition from her father, the fifteenth owner, and her grandfather, the fourteenth.[13]

Exhibitions

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  • Sól. Trax gallery (Hokuto, Yamanashi), August–September 2008.[14]
  • Sól. Rocket Gallery (Jingūmae, Tokyo), February 2009.[15]
  • Om. Gallery Target (Jingūmae, Tokyo), April 2011.[16][17][18]
  • Opposite～異なる2つのインド = Opposite India. Slant gallery (Kanazawa), April–May 2011. With Yayoi Arimoto (在本彌生).[19][20]
  • One Plus One Is Three. 2013 Shin Kong Mitsukoshi International Photography Festival = 2013新光三越國際攝影聯展, Shin Kong Mitsukoshi (Taipei), 2013. With Sean Lotman.[21]
  • Erna and Hrefna. Revela't 2018 (El Festival Internacional de Fotografía Analógica de Vilassar de Dalt), Fábrica Cal Garbat, Vilassar de Dalt, 11–27 May 2018.[9][22]
  • Parallel Crossings. Ibasho Gallery (Antwerp), January–March 2020. (With Sean Lotman.)[23][24]

Books

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  • Key of Life: Hasegawa Kyoko Photobook. Tokyo: Pengin Shobō, 2003. ISBN 4-901978-09-8. Photographs of Kyōko Hasegawa by "Takey" or "Takay" (according to the impression) and "Ariko."[25]
  • Sól. Tokyo: Akaaka, 2008. ISBN 978-4-903545-27-1. By "Ariko."[26][27]
  • クリスチャニア自由の国に生きるデンマークの奇跡 (Kurisuchania: Jiyū no kuni ni ikiru Denmāku no kiseki) = The Free Spirits of Christiania. Tokyo: Wave, 2017. ISBN 978-4-86621-089-6. Text by Kana Shimizu (清水香那), photographs by Inaoka.[28][29]
  • Eagle and Raven. Tokyo: Akaaka, 2020. ISBN 978-4-86541-111-9. By Inaoka.[30][31]

Notes

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  1. ↑ Sól (published 2006) is by Ariko; The Free Spirits of Christiania (published 2017) is by 稲岡亜里子 (i.e. Ariko Inaoka).

References

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  1. 1 2 Yokoyama, Naomi (20 April 2015). "550年間父たちが守ってきたものを学び終えたら、新たな時代に挑戦したい" [Once I have finished mastering what my forefathers have safeguarded for 550 years, I want to take on the challenges of a new era.]. Yoggy Magazine (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 20 May 2026. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Collaborations: The Number After 10". claudiahill.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  3. ↑ LaSala, Anthony (2000). "30 under thirty, Young Photographers to Watch". Photo District News. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  4. ↑ Adams, Tim (22 November 2014). "Ariko Inaoka's photographs of devoted Icelandic sisters – in pictures". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 10 June 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  5. ↑ Adams, Tim (22 November 2014). "Never such devoted sisters: In Iceland with Erna and Hrefna". The Observer. Guardian Media Group. Archived from the original on 24 February 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  6. 1 2 Teicher, Jordan G. (6 November 2014). "The magical life of one pair of Icelandic twins". Slate. Archived from the original on 24 February 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "Ariko Inaoka spent seven summers in Iceland photographing twin sisters". Juxtapoz. 23 April 2020. Archived from the original on 10 June 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  8. ↑ Koman, Tess (10 November 2014). "Seven magical photos of identical Icelandic twins". Cosmopolitan. Archived from the original on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  9. 1 2 "Erna and Hrefna". Revela-t. 2018. Archived from the original on 21 July 2020.
  10. ↑ Blazo, Eve Marie (2020). "Ariko Inaoka: Coming Home". metalmagazine.eu. ISSN 1887-3448. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  11. ↑ "京都で一番古い蕎麦屋 本家尾張屋 / 京都 中京区 1465年創業 (寛正六年)" [Honke Owariya, Kyoto's oldest soba restaurant / Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto. Founded in 1465 (Kansho 6th year)]. Long Established Diner (in Japanese). 5 December 2018. Archived from the original on 13 March 2026. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
  12. ↑ "アイスランドに住む双子の少女の成長を撮り続けた写真集「Eagle and Raven」" ['Eagle and Raven'—A photobook documenting the growth of twin girls living in Iceland.]. [ and ] (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun. 30 March 2020. Archived from the original on 4 August 2025. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  13. ↑ Myogaya, Nobuhisa (19 March 2020). "Honke Owariya: Inside the Kyoto soba restaurant that was founded in 1465 (and is still crazy popular)". Live Japan. Archived from the original on 19 July 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  14. ↑ "Ariko 'Sol'". Tokyo Art Beat. 2008. Archived from the original on 19 July 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
  15. ↑ "Sól". Rocket Gallery (in Japanese). 2009. Archived from the original on 10 February 2009.
  16. ↑ "Ariko 'OM'". Tokyo Art Beat. 2011. Archived from the original on 4 June 2026. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
  17. ↑ "写真家・稲岡亜里子(ARIKO)写真展「OM」-GALLERY TARGETにて開催 | TECH+（テックプラス）" [Photographer Ariko Inaoka's photo exhibition 'OM' is being held at GALLERY TARGET.]. news.mynavi.jp/techplus (in Japanese). 9 March 2011. Archived from the original on 20 July 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
  18. ↑ "ARIKO個展「OM」@GALLERY TARGET - AKAAKA". AKAAKA Art Publishing (in Japanese). 2011. Archived from the original on 10 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
  19. ↑ "OPPOSITE INDIA". SLANT (in Japanese). 29 April 2011. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
  20. ↑ "『OPPOSITE～異なる2つのインド』金沢SLANTにて写真展開催迫る" ['OPPOSITE: Two Different Indias'—Photo Exhibition Coming Soon to SLANT Kanazawa]. Transit (in Japanese). 23 April 2011. Archived from the original on 19 July 2020.
  21. ↑ "2013新光三越國際攝影聯展" [2013 Shin Kong Mitsukoshi International Photography Exhibition]. Shin Kong Mitsukoshi (in Chinese). 2013. Archived from the original on 16 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
  22. ↑ "2018 programme". Revela't. 2018. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019.
  23. ↑ "#38 Parallel Crossings - Ariko Inaoka & Sean Lotman". IBASHO Gallery. 2020. Archived from the original on 27 November 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
  24. ↑ "Parallel Crossings - Sean Lotman, Ariko Inaoka". Paris Photo. 2020. Archived from the original on 20 January 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
  25. ↑ Ariko (2003). Key of life : 長谷川京子photo book [Key of Life: Kyoko Hasegawa Photobook] (in Japanese). Pengin Shobō. ISBN 9784901978095. OCLC 676348647.
  26. ↑ "Publishing: SOL". Akaaka Art Publishing (in Japanese). 2008. Archived from the original on 7 June 2026. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
  27. ↑ Ariko (2008). Sól. Akaaka Art Publishing. ISBN 9784903545271. OCLC 277278915.
  28. ↑ "エッセイ ＞ クリスチャニア　自由の国に生きるデンマークの奇跡" [Essay > Christiania: A Danish Miracle Living in a Land of Freedom]. WAVE Publishing (in Japanese). 2017. Archived from the original on 20 May 2026. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
  29. ↑ Shimizu, Kana; Inaoka, Ariko (2017). クリスチャニア自由の国に生きるデンマークの奇跡 / Kurisuchania jiyu no kuni ni ikiru denmaku no kiseki [Christiania: The Danish Miracle of Living in the Land of Freedom] (in Japanese). Wave. ISBN 9784866210896. OCLC 1410670114.
  30. ↑ "稲岡亜里子 『EAGLE AND RAVEN』" [Ariko Inaoka: *EAGLE AND RAVEN*]. Akaaka Art Publishing (in Japanese). 2020. Archived from the original on 10 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
  31. ↑ Inaoka, Ariko (2020). Eagle and Raven. Akaaka Art Publishing. ISBN 9784865411119. OCLC 1144941916.
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