sentences:  Mitsugu Ōnishi points out that the results "run counter to the ruins photography trend".From 1994 his photographs of Yūbari appeared in the magazines "Nippon Camera" and "Asahi Camera"; he also participated regularly in Higashikawa Photofesta.Kazama won the 18th Higashikawa Special Prize in 2002 and (for his book "Yūbari") the PSJ newcomer's award and the 18th Society of Photography Award in 2006.