This spring, in the basement first floor walkway of Shibuya Station "Shibuya shortcut lounge" is open. That collect the exceptional attention in the facility, photographer Mika Ninagawa and collaboration was "powder room, nursing room for women". "When you went out to the town, troubled without a place to breast-feeding," Ninagawa's that, you say that was stuck to the space design and functionality from the perspective of the mother unique. In this interview from the topic on the "powder room nursing room", 90's Shibuya-based culture the Ninagawa's youth that was spent bathed in the whole body, to further lead to making things of the attitude to continue growing become a mother, I heard the story slowly and carefully.

Reality in unusual that location from longing, was Shibuya in the 1990s.

_ Ninagawa-san, do you have any impression in Shibuya.

Childhood, but is in many cases to go to Shinjuku under the influence of his father (Yukio Ninagawa), elementary school - junior high school students to love Harajuku, the days of high school students in particular go to casually To Shibuya without any errands. Anyway, because at the time of the center city it was a place where young people gather. After that, or born culture that Shibuya system that became a symbol of the '90s, Shibuya is the ages we are calling all culture of the young people of the city, is a strong impression that.

_ Exactly, but it was a city that had a middle-de-of youth.

That's right. In Shibuya special presence among them, even after they become adults may be referred to as "the!? Know Shibuya of that era" the same generation of people and become a common language, I think had it much power.

_ By the way, Shibuya at that time, the will would there was even one of the shooting location for yourself?

Shibuya it was not a kind place. One of the things now also be important long time ago for me is, that you are committed to the customs and culture of each of its era. In particular, at that time, it was a period in which the sense of air you are playing with your friends, have their own produce the creative was divided clearly. Or not is take a picture or something making things in Shibuya, last or met with friends, or buy clothes, or watch a movie, place or to check the art and music. When you are in Shibuya is have that kind of their own, is in a different field was a situation where there are yourself taking a sharp photograph. Just, I think that was also the time that was looking for what you want to do. Still, not not mean that want to be decided thing that this on its own, and Shibuya feel like I have been summoned to the city that in such.

Want to continue _ earnest photos, I want and I think about when the time was thought to work?

I want to do with this in the future, is the time of the university student was earnest decided that way. Then, or gotten a job from the publisher that was in Shibuya, or asked by shooting the people of the artists of Shibuya system such as Kahimi Karie's, involvement of Shibuya Metropolitan went changed. In other words, what was seen in the perspective of the audience in the student age, gradually around to the side that I make. Indeed, the reality in unusual its location from the longing was Shibuya in the 1990s. In that sense, I feel like has been come to Shibuya to age, which has been the most interesting.

_ Although a student had been attracted naturally, I think that was in town to visit if there is a purpose as an adult.

I agree. From the beginning his career as a photographer, or doing an exhibition at the Parco Gallery, or to their work in the gallery of Hikarie Speaking recently. After I became an adult, it will become to the originator of the field rather than to absorb something. The distance between the town compared to the childhood was a little distant, but still there is no doubt it still is I think if Shibuya special presence that at the time. Where we spent the youth is, or rather drag in the form of something even in the adult (laughs). I do not say well in words.

Scramble to the intersection, gather the desire of clean things and people.

_ 2012 publication of the supervision work, I movie "Helter Skelter" in Shibuya has emerged.

It is mainly at the beginning and the end. Particularly with respect to the last scene, I wanted absolutely to the shooting in the scramble intersection. From the staff it has been approached also Harajuku and another intersection, but it was the part that does not negotiable as me. Because, because where there is that scramble crossing has become the valley bottom to just geographical. There to not only clean thing, like a people of desire also come feel like to gather in nature. I like that kind of light and dark, the special feeling of air that both high and low are present. Shibuya is exactly where you want to buzz even now. So, Shibuya symbolic for me, it's completely Station.

Also the location of the _ "Tsuyoshi Monthly MEN Ayano" has been used Shibuya.

It was the photo session of over 24 hours, if I suggested that "I want to shoot in Shibuya" to the Ayano-kun, I was to carry that "I wish I was a Shibuya" in that person also have feelings. It began shooting met with about 4 o'clock in the evening, was, and more at shooting the middle of the night of the intersection there are no hotels and people. It continued until four o'clock the next day in the evening, is the work which made a total of 24 hours.

_ Circle be the shooting of one book worth in one day, I think that usually not considered in.

It's strange, but I guess or there is local to allow it I Shibuya. Do you say, or still say that clean energy and vulgar feeling has been mixed.

Or peek _ finder, Shibuya have seen when you conscious of the framework, do you such a different thing from that of the scenery that looks usually?

When the foreigners came to Japan for the first time, I think to have the impression that "What this place!" "It is why you so much glitter!?" Look at the scramble crossing. In the same way, in terms of the point of view of making things even in my case, strange air and the familiar air, the eyes of both of which might be to activate at the same time.

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