Walk the streets of Harajuku every day over a period of 5 years, Shitourei who has continued to take more than 4,500 of the snap. Shibuya, Harajuku, has been staring at the changes in the people and the street in the viewfinder over. Time itself had swagger the streets as a student of the favorite fashion, When I was a stand to be taken as a model, and now began to face the calm people and the city as a photographer, Utsurikawa' How Shibuya and the city of Harajuku come was the'll do? In this key person interviews, charming smile is facing a charming mortal combat-san, from history that began street snap to think of the fashion and the city, I heard the story slowly and carefully.

Tokyo style overseas Rated than you believe is Japanese

Had been working as a model from _ college but, What kind of had spent the student life.

So we will start with the story of high school. At the time, there is no thing you want to do, but I thought trying to learn Japanese literature or philosophy that were interested in the university, "Department of Economics will hear the crush," or from the surrounding "Faculty of Business and Commerce, is advantageous to the job," or, said various ...... and I no longer know on. So When you talk to the teacher, "I study has been strong through high school, the university because it is where you learn that he likes, Do your thing you want to do," is said that, I decided to Susumo to their favorite road It was. At that time, just a graduate of the same high school, who had been a teacher at Waseda University Faculty of Education is now lecture and Raikou. Impressed to hear the story, although I think "I want to study under this man," go on to Waseda University, the teacher got moved to another department (laughs). Lessons, I though I had let in diving. Since it proceeds to the Faculty of Education, in such circumstances, teacher's license does not have. How did you start the model is that it is a scout in the city was referred to the office. Was magazines and CM, the work of such as PV, but in byte sense, I was not going to continue forever.

_ After that, it became the opportunity to photographers?

Fight to the Death's favorite camera

When you send every day to the work of the model to study at university, and had finished the period of notice and job hunting (laughs). So after graduation when I continued to model, one day, I was called out as "a little Come to the office!" From the editor-in-chief of street fashion magazine. It was acquainted there is that it has been several times shooting, why it was called for or registration is Tsukazu, go to gingerly office, it was abruptly said "I want to do the camera." It until the camera is not that almost touched, and there was no interest at all. Beginning, but I thought that or misunderstanding, said, "Come to shoot something in the city", really like to know the operation of only rudimentary copy the way, the camera and the film has a To the city reluctantly. When looking for what you want to take with it, broken very cute dress Burberry coat was, fat alien uncle I was attached to the eye. When multiplied by the voice, I contact with people wearing black clothing was surprised appeared in droves from around. It was a famous lighting designer who worked on the Louis Vuitton, which opened in Omotesando in that year. It was such a great person, I let me take kindly (laughs). In addition, like Harajuku Street How can pass the film to the editor-in-chief to take and painter who had been operating in, was apparently passed whether its unique point of view was Meatarashika', then, street snap as a photographer I was told to take a. To begin with, I do not know yet why the voice in me took, and that fashion is liked, perhaps was the reason is personality that does not so much scared. In such circumstances, now part-time model and photographer.

Is _ earnest I thought trying to do street snap from the time around?

First, but I did not expect only the work of the joint, gradually be fun, now I think strongly, "I want to do much." So I would like to have their own media, I started a blog called "STYLE from TOKYO" in 2008. At the time, it is being recognized as a media blog in foreign countries, if there is confidence that it would the flow is coming in either Japan. Now that have their own media, be Kakemochi and the work of the editorial department is not considered, it was Omoitachi immediately independent. Because I thought, "I'll make large the better of either their own media!". It's an ambitious man (laughs).

_ Blog, but is bilingual in Japanese and English, what the intention is of you do?

パリコレやニューヨークコレクションなどを訪れて撮影をするようになってから、東京のスタイルは日本人が考えているより、海外で高く評価されていることを知りました。私がブログを始めた頃は、東京のファッションを紹介するメディアは、ちょっと奇抜なものに偏っていたため、ストリートのリアルなスタイルを海外に伝えたいと思い、英語でも発信することにしました。海外の読者か らコメントが寄せられることも多く、本当に嬉しいです。

blog"STYLE from TOKYO"In, has been up almost every day, street snaps and blog post's mortal combat have taken.

Harajuku is what are convinced that it is fashionable city in the world

_ Tokyo of fashion, what points do you have been evaluated.

In the field of overseas fashion show, I will be spoken well and can be seen with the Japanese as the "Harajuku fashion is amazing." They are evaluated guess is the point, such as "unique in layered and use of color," "the overwhelming majority of young children that are fashionable." Overseas, fashionable I image of what a money adult. In that respect, Harajuku Kids, devised but not money, has produced the originality from there. Since you completed to buy beautiful clothes when there is money, you do not need to be devised. Harajuku Kids, to arrange Nari have no money, we have cultivated the imagination. In addition, Japan is either because it is the world of the gods of eight million, I think there is a culture that allows the mixture. Fashion not only, meal nor character, is enhanced to arrange on their own what was borrowed from abroad. Such cultural property is, Will has also been applied to fashion. In the opportunity that was aware of the evaluation of overseas, review again Harajuku style, but now, Harajuku is what was convinced that it is fashionable city in the world. But, to become the eyes of biased and too in love, we try to see the Harajuku from the standpoint minus a little.

_ In Harajuku, what point do you have been a street snap.

Total number of people were taken in five years is more than 4500 people.

My street snap of the style is a little unusual, rather than a fixed-point observation, we copy while walking and hanging out. It better to moving seen that transition of the city, because we want to variously devised also glare of the background. Has taken almost every day, but if there is also the day to take five people a day, also of one person. But compared to the previous number of people has decreased, this is by, for example, take the street snap in a variety of places in foreign countries, may be eyes to see by-laden fashion of study and experience has become strictly be one of the reasons not. Let me take over the voice to people who thought, "Do it nice", but not decided, in particular rules, epidemic even without being aware of, and select the "intuition". It is their "love" is the most standard. Shooting, the day of the fashion item of brands and shops that I bought, in addition, such as favorite shops and brands, we hear "what you want to do in the future." This question, it is best fun appeared humanity. During this time, with a young boy who wrote that "become big", I felt that "reliable I wish" (laughs).

_ Models and photographers of the other, we'll also expand the work in a variety of genres.

Or asked to let out a photo album, or a radio personality, is very interesting. Five years ago came a lot did not imagine offer, the future that has been envisioned is progressing rapidly in a different direction. Still because I do not know where to go, you will not want as much as possible offer is received, as long as not a strange content (laughs).

Harajuku, Omotesando's desperate struggle of street snap of the home ground

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