A PERSONAL JOURNAL / HIROSHIMA
On a screen. In the palm of my hand.
Tomohide Nishitani TOMOHIDE NISHITANI
Engineer. Maker. Father of three.
BETWEEN DIGITAL & PHYSICAL
Building web apps. Polishing mortar.
Taking photographs. Putting observations into words.
It always starts with: “What if I tried making it?”
Things I’ve made.
Things I’m still making.
Meet someone
you don’t know yet.
PEOPLE / COMMUNITY In progress
Meet someone
you don’t know yet.
Starting in Hiroshima, a place to discover local people
and the stories behind what they do.
MORTAR / RESINPrototyping
Away from the screen. Back to the materials.
AI / PERSONAL DEVELOPMENTOn hold
Between building something and getting it used.
02 / DIGITAL
Something that bothers me. An insight from a conversation.
I turn small beginnings into something people can use.
Try it, rethink it, and try again.
Someone opens it for the first time.
Where do they begin?
03 / PHYSICAL MAKING
A shape designed in 3D becomes something I can hold.
Air bubbles, chipped edges, an unexpected color.
Each gives me a clue for what to try next.
I don’t have to choose just one title.
AGES 18–33
At Mazda, I worked in manufacturing and office roles. I operated large NC milling machines and wrote programs to cut metal. Making things has been a thread ever since.
2022—2023
A year of parental leave following the birth of my second child. Stepping away from work gave me time to think about how I wanted to work and what I wanted to try.
2023 / AGE 33
Leaving a company after fifteen years. What could I do outside familiar ground? I took the next step before I had an answer.
2024—
I studied web development through vocational training and moved into IT. Looking things up, one question at a time. It began with being a beginner again.
DIGITAL & PHYSICAL
Building AI tools and web apps. Designing shapes in 3D, making molds, and casting mortar. They seem different, but both bring something in my head into the world.
NOW
Employee, engineer, maker, photographer, writer. And father of three. None of these alone defines me; together, they make up who I am today.
Less about having the answers.
More about thinking things through.
Engineering, photography, making. As the titles multiplied, I began to feel I didn’t have to settle on just one.
Work, making, and time with family. Facing the limits of a day as the things I want to do keep growing.
Code and mortar both bring an idea into the world. How ROOTS began, and the interest in things that don’t go as planned.
ABOUT / TOMOHIDE NISHITANI
Based in Hiroshima. IT engineering, independent development, making, and photography. Raising three children while exploring the things that catch my curiosity, one at a time.
Only those who chase two rabbits
have a chance of catching both.
The things a job title or social bio cannot capture,
brought together in one website.