Heibonsha “There’s nowhere higher than this…” – a hot topic on NHK Special! A complete record of “The Last Mountain” vividly captured by photographer Naoki Ishikawa, who has summited all 14 8000m peaks. The photo book “Shishapangma” will be relea

[Heibonsha] “There’s nowhere higher than this…” A hot topic on NHK Special! Photographer Naoki Ishikawa, who has summited all 14 8,000m peaks, vividly captures the complete record of “The Last Mountain.” The photo book “Shishapangma” will be released on September 9th! ​
Heibonsha Press release: September 9, 2025 To Members of the Press “There’s nowhere higher than this…” This is the hot topic on NHK Special! Photographer Naoki Ishikawa, who has summited all 14 of the 8,000m peaks, vividly captures the complete story of “The Last Mountain.” The photo book “Shishapangma” will be released on September 9th! In 2024, photographer Naoki Ishikawa became the first person in the world to summit all 14 of the 8,000m peaks. The last mountain he climbed was Shishapangma, which he had been forced to withdraw from the previous year. This is a comprehensive record of his two attempts, captured on camera. Heibonsha Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo / Representative Director: Junpei Shimonaka) will release “Shishapangma” (13,200 yen including tax), a photo book by Naoki Ishikawa, a photographer who travels around the world, on September 9, 2025. The book commemorates Ishikawa’s achievement of becoming the first photographer in the world to summit all 14 of the 8,000-meter peaks.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/42563/44/42563-44-78fd77568ef4b8c84fcd4daff3d97e8c-1789×1512.jpg

“Shisha Pangma” by Naoki Ishikawa (published by Heibonsha on September 9, 2025) There’s a photographer who continues to take pictures in the “death zone,” where the oxygen concentration is one-third that of Earth’s. Naoki Ishikawa, standing on the top of the main peak of Shishapangma (8,027m) in Tibet at 4:30 PM on October 4, 2024, is the first photographer in history to have climbed all 14 8,000m peaks. This book is a collection of photographs taken with two film cameras, medium format and 35mm, capturing the two expeditions to Shishapangma, the “last mountain,” using all of Ishikawa’s body and senses. Beginning to capture the mountain through the Tibetan people and customs at its base, Ishikawa’s camera portrays the entire act of climbing, something that cannot be fully captured simply by the result of reaching the summit. Ishikawa has traveled to polar regions, remote islands, and mountains, documenting the world through photographs and words. The culmination of this journey is his long journey, which began in 2001 and lasted 23 years, to climb all 14 8,000-meter peaks. The NHK special “Life and Death at 8,000m: Records of Photographer Naoki Ishikawa” (broadcast in November 2024), which delves into the heart of this journey, has generated significant buzz. The death of his “buddy” Sherpa, the scene of the avalanche—why does he continue to carry his heavy film camera and take photographs in the harsh high mountains? Even in this program, which beautifully depicts the boundary between life and death, the ascent of Shishapangma left a vivid impression. The desolate horizon of the approach, the Tibetan climate where faith and life are one, tents buried in snow, people living with animals, rocky ridges that even capture the sound of the wind, and the horizon overlooking Shishapangma… Each and every image evokes not the act of “climbing” but the act of “living” itself. This rare book allows you to experience the world that Ishikawa saw at 8,000 meters at your fingertips, so please take a look.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/42563/44/42563-44-86bb23adba45e3d08d0c18152ab1c693-1299×1063.jpg From “Shishapangma” by Naoki Ishikawa
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/42563/44/42563-44-1457e8746d3359edb6efceda0c59dcdb-1299×1063.jpg From “Shishapangma” by Naoki Ishikawa
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/42563/44/42563-44-5024bba3c631a0e88a2c240e40f3651c-1299×1063.jpg From “Shishapangma” by Naoki Ishikawa
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/42563/44/42563-44-921a0013e6fa0fb13963215e312d0a29-1299×1063.jpg From “Shishapangma” by Naoki Ishikawa
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/42563/44/42563-44-5d7827a7c89c4a57914c0d30d54ad27c-1299×1052.jpg From “Shishapangma” by Naoki Ishikawa
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/42563/44/42563-44-69c0ffdfff36f8793c260f0abe2564c7-1299×1069.jpg From “Shishapangma” by Naoki Ishikawa My journey to the Himalayas began in 2001 when I climbed Mount Everest from the Tibetan side. For the next 23 years, I continued climbing the Himalayan peaks, and with Shishapangma, I reached the summit of all 14 8,000-meter peaks, bringing my long journey to the Himalayas to a close. The arbitrary “14 peaks” designation, imposed by humans, doesn’t have much meaning, but I felt the need to end my journey to the Himalayan peaks at some point, and Shishapangma was the “final mountain” I had to climb. Human memories inevitably fade. I may one day forget the Shishapangma expedition, which marked the end of my long journey. But I have this book. Thanks to this book, Shishapangma always appears before me in a new light. (Excerpt from the “Afterword” of this book)
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/42563/44/42563-44-331d2548b8731628fe6421ffc80def8a-574×717.jpg October 4, 2024, 4:30 PM, at the summit of Shishapangma (Photo by Mingma Gyalje Sherpa) [Author Profile] Naoki Ishikawa Born in Tokyo in 1977. Completed his doctoral studies at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts. Interested in fields such as anthropology and folklore, he continues to travel to all kinds of places, from remote areas to urban areas, while presenting his works. In 2008, he won the Photographic Society of Japan Newcomer Award and the Kodansha Publishing Culture Award for “NEW DIMENSION” (Akaaka Art Publishing) and “POLAR” (Little More), in 2011 he won the Domon Ken Award for “CORONA” (Seidosha), in 2020 he won the Photographic Society of Japan Writer’s Award for “EVEREST” (CCC Media House) and “Marebito” (Shogakukan), and in 2023 he won the Higashikawa Award Special Writer’s Award. In 2024, he achieved the summit of all 14 8,000m peaks. His books include “The Last Adventurer” (Shueisha), which won the Kaiko Takeshi Non-Fiction Award, and “The Last Mountain” (Shinchosha), among many others. His major solo exhibitions include “Vette di Luce. Naoki Ishikawa sulle Alpi Orobie” at the Carrara Academy of Fine Arts (Italy/2023), “JAPONESIA” at Japan House São Paulo and the Oscar Niemeyer Museum (Brazil/2020-2021), “Copying the Map of the Light of This Planet” at Art Tower Mito, Niigata City Art Museum, Ichihara Lakeside Museum, Kochi Museum of Art, Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, and Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery (2016-2019), “K2” at CHANEL NEXUS HALL (Tokyo/2015), and “ARCHIPELAGO” at Okinawa Prefectural Museum of Art (Okinawa/2010). His works are included in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Yokohama Museum of Art, and Okinawa Prefectural Museum of Art, among others. 【Bibliographic Information】 Title: Shishapangma Author name: Naoki Ishikawa Publisher: Heibonsha Release date: September 9, 2025 Binding: A3 variant Price: ¥13,200 (tax included) ISBN: 978-4-582-27842-2
https://www.heibonsha.co.jp/book/b666459.html The long-awaited reprint of the previous work, “Cho Oyu,” which was out of stock, has been decided!! The reprint is scheduled to be released on October 4th.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/42563/44/42563-44-8d44848e98c0d1fadbbcd354d9860720-3900×3107.jpg Book Title: Cho Oyu Author: Naoki Ishikawa Publisher: Heibonsha Release date: November 8, 2024 Binding: B4 variant size List price: 14,300 yen (tax included) ISBN: 978-4-582-27840-8
https://www.heibonsha.co.jp/book/b651267.html ★Naoki Ishikawa Photo Exhibition Now Being Held at FUJIFILM SQUARE★ FUJIFILM SQUARE Special Photo Exhibition Naoki Ishikawa Photo Exhibition “ASCENT OF 14 2001-2024” ~A Journey to 14 8,000-meter Peaks~ Friday, August 29, 2025 – Thursday, September 18, 2025 (until 2:00 PM on the last day) FUJIFILM PHOTO SALON Space1 / 2 / MINI GALLERY
https://fujifilmsquare.jp/exhibition/250829_01.html