Itsu mo arigatou speaks of a minimal, circumscribed space, made up of common paths and trajectories. The times and spaces of everyday life, the four walls of the house, the repeated journeys. A small topography that leaves behind the traces of an existence. The project is in the form of a diary, a private diary made up of images and words which, reaching us, becomes collective. The three roles of father, husband and man that Luigi Stranieri highlights, photo after photo, bring to the surface an ancient conflict: Itsu mo arigatou is in effect the meeting of present and past, the awareness of an immutable social order that collides with a society in perpetual change.

The title refers to a Japanese expression and means "thank you always", a term that Stranieri identifies as a rare trace of authentic humanity in an often conformist and superficial society, where good manners and customs are predominant. Japan is in fact the frame of the story, an exotic and familiar place at the same time. The feeling of being in front of something daily yet extraordinary becomes here the paradox that allows a profound immersion and identification.