Finding the light in
people, things, and experiences.

Studio AKARI is a documentary and design studio based in Kamiyama, Japan. We embed with athletes, makers, and communities living close to the land — and stay long enough to tell their stories from the inside.

Featured Work

Video Photo Patagonia · 2025 · 56 min

Chasing South

Obsession, struggle, endurance: facing demons of the past and finding redemption on the trail.

dir. Marco Lui · dp Shimpei Koseki · ed Marco Lui

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Creative direction Notace · 2025 — 2026 · ongoing

Notace — A Creative Partnership

With them since the beginning.

creative direction · brand identity · photography · videography · copywriting

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Photo Patagonia · 2025

Between the Chapters

photography Marco Lui · text Toshiya Muraoka · athlete Pacha Light

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About AKARI
AKARI is a 1% for the Planet member

We met in the mountains.
We still work there.

Most of our work happens outdoors — through every season, often in places without roads. The trails, rivers, and forests where we film are also where we live. So we joined 1% for the Planet, contributing 1% of our annual revenue to environmental nonprofits — as rent we owe the planet that gives us everything.