Ayabean is Portlander: 2009

December 26, 2009

Dean and Deluca　青山にて

逆境に立たされたときにこそ浮かぶ、あの人の顔。
あの町の風景。

ぼんやりと日が照る寒い冬の休日。
あったかいチャイを飲みながら手紙の返事を書いています。

2009年ももう終わりです。

みんなどうもありがとう。

There are places I remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places had their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all

But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more

Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more
In my life I love you more

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。

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!

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...

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!

Here is Team Sisters!

Shunsuke, Chieppa, and Lynn from Portland.

We went to 円覚寺 in Kitakamakura.

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

We had a pancake for lunch at an old-fashion cafe.

Can you see how thick it is?

This is absolutely my ideal pancake.

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！

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

And afterparty.....

Oh.....PDX.

I missed this life.

Thank you, Matt.

Thank you, PDX for coming to Tokyo.

September 23, 2009

Short Trip pt.2

Asakusa, one of the most traditional neighborhood in Tokyo!

Tons of food carts. Cheap and friendly.

Cool vintage store

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

Rakugo, which is the Japanese old comedy.

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

Short Trip pt.1

Sakushima, beautiful nature, ocean, animals, flowers and weird ornaments.

September 13, 2009

The Little Artisit

On Friday night, I suddenly became to want to go to somewhere I've never been to.

I took the train from Shinjuku and headed for north.

I arrived a cozy town which has this beautiful lake.

I was walking along the lake and I met this little artist.

These are all information I got about her.

She likes eating and drawing.

She likes the color of camel.

She likes a striped shirt and vintage stuff.

She is patient.

Her birthday is coming in 5 days.

Her partner's name is Scott.

She never been to Thailand.

We sat by the lake, and drew and talked a lot.

This is the art piece I drew. Not bad, is it?

Happy birthday, the little artist.

You rock!

P.S.

She told me this town is called Mito, FYI.

September 7, 2009

Blood Tie

Yukie and Aya! We are cousin.

We were chatting forever today.

She is a great dancer!

Oh, I saw 小堺一機 today at the tiny Korean restaurant in Shinokubo and we got the autograph of him! She brings me luck.

Also she met her fate lately. Congratulations!

She was bright. She has so much energy and I'm inspired by her.

What's my agenda?

Yes, HAPPINESS!

August 6, 2009

これではおんぶちゃんではないか！

仕事をはじめてからはまるで屍のようになっていて、ようやくもらえた一週間の夏休み。
のんびりしているけど、思いのほか時間が過ぎるのが早くて、寝るのがもったいない。
だからこうして起きてる。

そうすると聞こえてくるいろんな音。
私の部屋の柱時計。
遠くで話す人の声。
東京の夜の音がする。

おとといは久しぶりに青山と渋谷を歩いて、
ギャラリーや本屋をのぞいてきた。
刺激的な作品とか、きれいな装丁の本たち、こじゃれたオフィスなんかにすごく翻弄させられました。
そして街ともよく会話した一日でした。
首を回せば１８０度くらいは世界が見えて、体を回せば、３６０度世界が見渡せるのです。

P.S.
このだっこちゃんに会いたい人は西荻までどうぞ！