Saturday, December 12, 2009

親しみ以上のもの











数日前にお兄ちゃんに久しぶりに会った。

二人でとんかつを食べに行った。
私は今矯正をしているので、ときどき食べ物が噛み切れないときがある。
その日もとんかつが大きくカットされていて、食べるのに苦戦した。
いったん口に入れたものを出すわけにもいかず、もごもごしている私を
お兄ちゃんには怪訝そうな顔で見ていた。

その日も相変わらず私はよくしゃべった。
my sweet doggie とっくんの肥満について、リフォーム中の実家について、
私の仕事のこと、最近できた口内炎のことまで、ワンパラグラフしゃべって、一口とんかつを食べて。
とっくに食べ終わった彼は、私のてんこ盛りのキャベツをつまんでいる。
うん、うん、と話を聞きいてくれてると思ったら、最後に言われてしまった。
「お前、とんかつ食べるのにどんだけ時間かかっとるんやて」

食事をすませて、お茶をしようとカフェに入る。
いつもおごってくれるから、ここは私がおごるよ!
と意気込んだのに、結局わたしがおごってもらうことに。。。
私はチャイラテを、お兄ちゃんはチャイティーを。
同じだけど違う、違うけど同じ、まさしく兄弟的なセレクト(ただの偶然ですが)。
そこでも私はしゃべり倒して、時々ハイキングウォーイングと呼ばれ、
楽しい時間はあっという間にすぎて、「また年末ね!」と言って別れました。

昔は一つ屋根の下。時は過ぎ、今では別の路線で帰路につく。
お兄ちゃんの後ろ姿を見送りながら、なんだかそのことを不思議に思った。
そして同時に私のお兄ちゃんはこの人でなければならない、と思った。

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Brace yourself!

People wear a jacket.
People wear shoes.
People wear glasses.
People wear pants.



i wear braces.

Tonight Chie, Beth and I had a craft night.



I made my face with paper clay.



It doesn't look like me.
Whatever!



Next time I see you, I'll give you a huge smile with my teeth under construction!

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Why is he gone?











When my heart get frayed, I listen this song.

Beth and I went to see This Is It.
I'm satisfied with his love...

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Kamakura/Enoshima

Part I with Team Strips - Early summer, I miss Team Strips.
Part II with Kei - Romantic fireworks, good summer memory.

and Part III with them!

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Here is Team Sisters!
Shunsuke, Chieppa, and Lynn from Portland.

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We went to 円覚寺 in Kitakamakura.

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Silence, mild sunshine, deep green, little bit yellow and orange, and smell of the fall.

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We had a pancake for lunch at an old-fashion cafe.
Can you see how thick it is?

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This is absolutely my ideal pancake.


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Also we walked along the beach.

Good friends and beautiful place……
いっぱい笑って、おいしいもの食べて、澄んだ空気吸って、やわらかな日差し浴びて。
なんか体が浄化された感じ。
シンプルできれいな1日でした。

リンちゃん、また遊ぼうね!

Friday, October 16, 2009

Independence day


I went to a dentist to pull out teeth.
Before that, I stopped by a shrine and prayed so that it doesn't hurt so bad.
Unfortunately it does, but this pain is mystic.

The dentist gave me the teeth, and I observed them for a while.
They are so pretty.
They had been with me for a long time.
and today they became independent from me.
My parents would feel the same way when I left to America.

Tonight, I sleep with the teeth under my pillow.


Sunday, October 11, 2009

Hey You came back here! To Tokyo!

My oldest friend Miyoshi came to see me from Kanazawa for this weekend.
We have been good friends since the kindergarden.
She was my first guest to my house in Gifu.

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When I was little, I looked up at the sky and thought I wanted to eat cloud.

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Whenever I'm with her, my childhood is aroused.
We ate cloud, and the sun went down.
The days become shorter.

After the sunset, we took a walk on Meguro street to see PDX Art Exhibition.
My uncle Matt flew over to Tokyo from Portland for this opening.

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The gallery called White Box was in the backstreet of Nakabeguro.

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Just as a name of the gallery, it was a white box which has the amazing photos of PDX and some artworks.

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And afterparty.....

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Oh.....PDX.
I missed this life.
Thank you, Matt.
Thank you, PDX for coming to Tokyo.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Short Trip pt.2

Asakusa, one of the most traditional neighborhood in Tokyo!

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Tons of food carts. Cheap and friendly.

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Cool vintage store


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Huge Japanese lantern in the gate of the temple, called Kaminari-mon.

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Rakugo, which is the Japanese old comedy.

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It's old fashion and he was very funny actually.