She likes working in photo books because they allow the viewer to engage intimately with her images.Her photographs are mostly in 6 × 6 format.However, upon being invited to theBrighton Photo Biennialin 2010, Kawauchi first photographed digitally and began taking photos that were not square.
Kawauchi also composeshaikupoems.
She lived for many years inTokyoand in 2018 moved to the countryside on the outskirts of the city.