Education
Keio University.
星野 道夫
Keio University.
He originally hailed from Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture. Lynn Schooler"s book The Blue Bear relates the story of the author"s friendship with Hoshino, a man he admired greatly for his skill as a photographer and his humanity. Schooler is a wilderness guide who became a photographer in his own right under Hoshino"s tutelage.
A memorial totem pole was raised in Sitka, Alaska, on August 8, 2008 (the 12-year anniversary of Hoshino"s death), in honor of his work.
Relatives and witnesses from Japan, including his widow, attended the ceremony. Michio"s interest in Alaska began at the age of 19, when he bought a photo book showing the village of Shishmaref.
Wanting to see it for himself, he sent a letter to the village"s mayor, who replied 6 months later inviting him to visit. The following summer, he spent 3 months there, taking photographs and helping to catch fish.
Grizzly. San Francisco: Chronicle, 1987.
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The Grizzly Bear Family Book. North-South Books, 1997. Foreign young readers. Hoshino"s Alaska.
San Francisco: Chronicle, 2007.
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Moose. San Francisco: Chronicle, 1988. Hardback. Paperback.
Interview with Lynn Schooler about The Blue Bear
Gaia Symphony Documentary series (Japanese production).