Arita(有田)2

これらは有田での写真。
These are photos from Arita.



ここは陶芸家 葉山有樹の工房兼ミュージアム。黒曜石の採石場跡地に建てられてます。
A traditional potter Yuki Hayama’s Studio and Gallery.
It is located in Obsidian quarry slope.

Winter hiking

いつも登ってる近所の山。
雪が積もると違った表情に。雪のテクスチャーは柔らかで暖かいですね。
The nearby mountain I routinely climb.
The snow-covered mountain has a different appearance, and snow textures are soft and warn.

2016 BDNY

Boutique Design New York(BDNY) 昨年に続き２度目の視察と営業です。
下はその会場Jacob K. Javits Centerの夜の景色。
Just as last year, my second visit, which also serves as a business.
Following is evening view of Jacob K. Javits Center (a hall in which a trade fair is being held).

Lapland2

Lapland 人口350人ほどの小さな村Kaukonen。
お世話になった居心地の良いログハウスの御宅。
Our accommodation located in Kaukonen, small village with population of 350.
It is comfortable log house.



次の写真は著名なアーティストReidar Sarestoniemiのアトリエ跡の美術館。
力強い絵でログの迫力にも負けません。
Next are museum. This is used to be an atelier of famous artist Reidar Sarestoniemi.
Very dynamic painting and compare favorably with log’s tremendous impact.

Lapland

ヘルシンキの後ラップランドへ撮影を兼ねて。
全てに圧倒される自然です。知りたかった北欧デザインのルーツがここに有りそうな気がしてきます。
I travel Lapland from Helsinki for photographing.
I was very impressed with Mother Nature. Something tells me that the roots of Scandinavian design are here.







そしておまけにオーロラまで現れてくれました。
And what is more, even the aurora came up.

Wonderful sea Goto Islands

私のホームタウン五島列島。
一年に一度は帰る様にしています。昔はそんなに綺麗な所と言う意識が無かったのですが、最近改めて素晴らしい所だなと感じます。
自然の造形は色んな刺激を与えてくれます。
I try to come back my home town Goto Islands once a year. When I was young, I unnoticed the beauty of Islands, but recently I realized how Wonderful Goto is.
The nature form gives me many inspirations.






ここはキリシタン迫害の島でも有ります。
この写真、何かに見えませんか？
The secret Christians has been lived here during the Tokugawa period. Do you feel something from this photo?

晴れた日の夕方に現れる、光に乗ったマリア様のシルエットとして隠れキリシタンの信仰の対象になってたらしいです。
The silhouette likes Virgin Mary ride to bright light that appear only sunset on a clear day.
In Goto, it was a subject of faith for secret Christians.

Spring has come

春の訪れです。
もう街の桜は終わりましたが里山はまだ楽しめます。
木々の新芽も一斉に出てきました。
Although the best time to cerebrate SAKURA of city came to an end, we still can enjoy their wonderful view in the countryside, and hillside burst with spring color.



なんとなく「和」の感じがする写真になるのは何故なんでしょう。
Something tells me “WA” – Japanese style from this photo. I wonder why.

Snowy mornning

昨日朝の自宅近くの散歩道。
夜のうちに少し雪が降ってた様で、とても綺麗に雪化粧してました。
日が昇るとすぐに消えてしまったのですが。
1日の始まり、得した気持ちになります。
Yesterday morning’s nearby walkway.
It seems that had snow during the night before and was beautifully covered with thin layer of snow.
Starting the day, it made me very happy. Unfortunately the snow has gone shortly after sunrise.

Chelsea2

Wall arts at Chelsea.

NYC2

NYCらしい写真。
It’s very New York.



そして次のは壁面のシミが何となくManhattanの摩天楼？
Stain of wall is like Manhattan’s skyscraper somehow. Don’t’ you think?

NYC1

秋のNYC、写真はCentral Park側から見たMetropolitan Museum。自然の作り出す芸術ですね。
そして下は落ち葉の中の公園。
NYC’s autumn. Metropolitan Museum, look from side of Central Park. It is a fantastic art made by nature.
And photo bellow is a park covered with fallen leaves.

Ravenna

Cersaieの前の日曜日、撮影にRavennaへ。写真はサン・ヴィターレ聖堂。
この装飾がすべて細かいモザイクタイルで出来てます。
I went to Ravenna to take a photograph on Sunday before Cersaie. The Photo is Basilica di San Vitale.
Interior of the Basilica is done with splendour of mosaic.

ちょうどその時に開かれてたイベントで、職人さん達による昔の道具と衣装での仕事の公開。
これはモザイク職人。
The same time there was an event to demonstrate medieval time craftsman’s work, wearing old clothes and using old tools.
This picture is a mosaic craftsman.




次は家具職人と道具。椅子の脚を作ってます。
Next are furniture worker and his tools. He is making leg of a chair.

Brugge2

同じくBruggeでのドア回り。
These are decorated doorways at Brugge.

Brugge1

撮影の為に行ったBrugge。Brusselsから1時間位にある街です。レンガ造りの美しい街並み。
I went to Brugge in shooting. It takes about one hour from Brussels. Beautiful town with brick houses.

Neocon Chicago

６月１５日から始まるネオコン視察でシカゴへ。ミシガン湖畔のシカゴは晴天。
昨年から来てるのですが、今年もなかなか盛況です。
下の写真はビルの装飾。最近のビルでは殆ど見受けられませんが、洒落っ気が有り良いですね。
I came to Chicago to attend Neocon trade fair. It’s a fine weather in Chicago, shore of lake Michigan.
I’m attending this since last year. The fair is enthusiastically received and this applies to this year too.
Following photos are exterior of buildings. It’s not seen very much these days but it’s very stylish and I like it.

The Goto Islands

年に一度の帰省、長崎県五島列島です。
今ここの教会もユネスコの世界遺産に登録されようとしています。
それよりもこの僻地ならではの美しい風景と人の優しさはもっと評価されても良いのでは。
下は砂浜で見つけた綺麗なテクスチャー。
Annual homecoming visit, Goto Islands, Nagasaki.
Some churches are being named to the UNESCO list of world heritage.
We thought to appreciate not only churches, but also the beauty of remote islands and islanders warmth and gentleness.
Photo bellows are textures on the beach.

Hotel at Eygalieres

Provenceでお世話になったEygalieresのホテル。今年建ったばかりです。しかし使ってる瓦、石は古いものを混ぜており、我々の言う新築のイメージとは違います。
広大は敷地に畑、家畜を飼っており、乗馬用の白馬もいます。朝食にはここで採れたオーガニックの野菜や卵を出して頂き、都会の高級ホテルとは全く違う心地よい時間を過ごさせて貰えます。
下はそのインテリア。
This is our hotel at Eygalieres,Provence.Brand- new hotel built this year. Stonewall and roofing is used old recycled stones and roofing tiles along with new material,thus this hotel is quite different from our image “brand-new hotel”.
Hotel owes large property,own vegetable garden, riding white horse for gusts. We enjoyed fresh organic vegetables and eggs for breakfast. We spent very luxurious time here that is quite different from an exclusive hotel at city.
Following photos are the interior.

Fabrics at Provence

立ち寄ったファブリック屋の布地達。この柄と色が出て来る背景は、ここの空、緑、土の色、そして人々の感受性からですね。
We dropped by local fabric store. I think azure blue provencial sky, deep green of the pine forests, color of the earth and people’s sensitiveness, all these aspects have a positive impact for this characteristic pattern and color of fabric.

homebuilder at Provence

プロバンスで移動の途中に見かけた建設中の家。
積み上げた石の質感とシンプルな家の形が素晴らしいです。住んでみたくなります。
そしてその作業中の職人。その辺に有るリサイクルされた石も含めて適当に積んでる様に見えるのですが、、、。仕上がりは美しいです。
We saw a house under construction when we are traveling provence.
The textures of stonewall and simple shaped house are fabulous. I want to live in this house.
And the photo is construction worker laying the stones at building site.
It seems that they just lined up recycled stones lie around at random, but they do a good finishing job.

Roussillon

黄土色の街Roussillon。その土地で取れる土を漆喰に混ぜて塗っているため街全体がオレンジ、イエローで統一されてます。他の街とは違い、ここは石積みのままの家は少ないです。
下の写真はそのむき出しになってる土の崖とそれで塗り固めた壁面のテクスチャー。
Red to yellow color village Roussillon.
They use local earth ( ochre red, yellow and brown) for stucco coating to their building; the ochre facades of the houses are magnificent... shades vary subtly from light yellow to dark red. Unlike many of the other villages, there is a very few bare stonewall buildings.
Photo bellows are Roussillons magnificent red cliffs and ochre quarries. Next are wall texture coated with local earth.