Ukufota Ihlathi laseJapan lithathwe kwimbono yenkolo yaseJapan. Enye yeenkolo zamandulo zaseJapan yi-animism. Isilwanyana siyinkolelo yokuba izidalwa ezingengobantu, ubomi kodwa (izimbiwa, izinto zakudala, njalo njalo) nezinto ezingabonakaliyo zinenjongo. Ukufota kuyafana noku. I-Masaru Eguchi idubula into eyenza ukuba ibe nokuziva kwisifundo. Imithi, ingca kunye neiminerali zive ukuthanda kobomi. Kwaye nezinto zobugcisa ezinjengamadama ashiye kwindalo ixesha elide ukuva ukuthanda. Njengoko ubona imeko engafundwanga, ikamva lakho liya kubona imeko yangoku.
Igama leprojekthi : The Japanese Forest, Igama labayili : Masaru Eguchi, Igama lomthengi : Sunpono.
Olu luyilo olumangalisayo luphumelele imbasa yoyilo lwesilivere kwifashoni, isinxibo kunye nokhuphiswano loyilo lwesambatho. Ngokuqinisekileyo kuya kufuneka ubone iipotifoliyo yoyilo lwesilivere esiphumelele ukufumana ezinye izinto ezintsha, ezintsha, ezendalo kunye nefashoni yoyilo, iimpahla kunye noyilo lwempahla.