Yuki (雪) means snow, but in Japanese culture, snow is not just weather. It is atmosphere. Snow silences the world — muffling sound, softening edges, turning the familiar into something unfamiliar and hushed. The Japanese aesthetic of snow emphasises this silence: the snow-covered garden, the snow on a temple roof, the single set of footprints on a white path. Yuki is ma made physical — space and silence in white.

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