Travels

October 27, 2021

ダン蔵 and I received a beautiful postcard from Lisbon, Portugal. I really like the tile of Portugal. I also like the ceramics of the Royal Copenhagen. Bule is not my favorite color but I like these blue objects. Maybe, deep in my mind, I like blue.

November 10th, 2020

Musician Motoharu Sano visited NYC in the mid-1980s and lived a year, then, he released an album called Visitors. 音楽家の佐野元春さんは80年台半ばにニューヨーク市を訪れそこで一年間過ごし、その後「ビジターズ」と言うアルバムを発表しました。 I’ve lived in NYC for 10 years and I still feel like a visitor. 私はNY市に住んで10年経ちますが、まだまだ、訪問者気分です。

October 7th, 2020

Do you know this? Jumping From Space! – Red Bull Space Dive – BBC これ知ってますか? A person I met in this summer mentioned this. And I was stunned by this video. この夏に会った人が教えてくれた。私は全くもって驚いた。 Felix Baumgartner has achieved a freefall of more than 4 minutes from the stratosphere 39 km above the ground. It was the Red …

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May 25, 2020

Continuing from yesterday’s story. 昨日の話の続き。 On the way back from Madrid; Kuroneko Pooh went to New York. I went back to Japan alone. マドリッドからの帰り、黒猫プーさんはその足でニューヨークに行き、私は日本に一人で帰りました。 My flight to Japan was delayed due to an airplane failure. I have to wait for 12 hours. 私の日本行きの飛行機は飛行機の故障で遅れて、私は12時間待たなくてはいけませんでした。 At the airport, there was a Japanese group next to me. Then, …

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May 24, 2020

Goya and Velázquez reminded me of my first trip to Spain. I was early 20′. I went there with Kuroneko pooh. ゴヤとヴェラスケスが私に私の初めてだった、スペイン旅行のことを思い出させました。私は20代前半で、その旅行は黒猫プーさんと行きました。 We arrived in Madrid early afternoon. So, we used the subway to our hotel. But, when we realized that it has started getting dark. Then, when we realized that we were surrounded by …

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Jan 28. 2020

Last time I was in Bogota, 2019, I notice many soldiers with rifle around everywhere. But, this time I stay a different part of the city and I didn’t see any soldier, but, many security people with a dog. I think it is a safer city than before? In Bogota, all soldiers and security people …

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Jan 27, 2020

I saw this brutalist building in Bogota. This building reminds me of an Architect, Ermö Goldfinger ( 1902 – 1987). The villain character on 007, Goldfinger, this name derived from Ermö Goldfinger because he was a mean guy. There is his house on 2 Willow Road, London. The beautiful modern house you can visit. This …

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Jan 26, 2020

An image from the hotel window that I am staying. Cloudy. But, warmer than NYC. No time difference between Bogota and NYC. I don’t have a jet-lag. However, I feel a distance.