- What is the current Shibuya challenges.

Now of Shibuya not talk is to unplug the center city. Or can be in the city to feel comfortable is a young child the center city, that would be a very important issue. Now play in Shibuya they are, to the center city, I think it feels a little dangerous. Of course, will there be aspects of the risk is in the comfort as a thrill but. When you leave a state in which the window is cracked buildings, I think there is a concept of "broken window theory" that eventually devastated the entire building. Now of the Center Street, it would state that here and there in the window is cracked. But is a period of time, but there was a time that was cleaned the center city, and now they've come back to the original. If the dirty town, everyone, suck feel free cigarettes, it becomes unlimited rough rapidly become severe chain. Once you have the center city clean by, for example, if the daily cleaning on time, Shibuya entire image will no doubt change the rattle. In the past, it had been rough towards the Maruyama-cho, than the center city, now drifts culture like atmosphere an increasing number of live house and theater, became a pretty clean image. Even center street, it will not be not Kaware.

- Do you have that you have felt the challenge to the other.

I guess the traffic surface. Especially for those who visit by car, crowded I have is, on the other hand is I often regulations such as traffic and the right turn ban, anyway uncomfortable. To tell the marketing thing, is labeled a "of the tough go in the car", the people who work in the car will not come to Shibuya is a big loss. If the only young people to move by train to the target, because you do not get a choice but with a low per customer trade area. Made a huge shopping center in place of about 10 to 20 minutes by car from the train station in the provincial city, I think it is often the case that the station is a ghost town. Although the scale is different, even in Shibuya and Shinjuku, I think that there is a kind of danger. Would not an issue of emergency is to ensure a large parking lot in order to attract the adult in the heart of Shibuya.

- If anything positive in Shibuya now, do you think to be a more interesting town.

You might think that abrupt, but, I want a high-quality museum a collection of contemporary art. Contemporary art it made to the energy derived become the origin of the fashion trend and distribution and to the entire business and the economy. For example, punk It was born from the neo-expressionism, conceptual art has brought a great influence on such modern ideas and identity formation and advertising representation. In other words, contemporary art, is in Shibuya is the epicenter of the trend would say snugly.

- Now, do you explain the "WORLD X SHIBUYA" which is underway.

A description of the XSHIBUYA (cross Shibuya) in front of a little ──. Around 1991 that Netscape 1.0 came out, there was a thing that made the virtual Shibuya on the web along with the fellow. City of Shibuya at that time, I felt that it is a city with a "layer", which means "layer" in IT terms are complex. Music and movies, theater, fashion, I did think of each layer, such as a gourmet is born a new culture with each other to stimulate each other. While the project itself has been derailed, the idea of ​​Shibuya is composed of a layer had much. Time from it after about 15 years, when it was called to the council to promote a synergistic effect of the creators and IT venture, the concept is revived in me, layer has the image of a city that mutually cross. So when you start a service that for the artist, I was proposed the naming of "XSHIBUYA (cross Shibuya)".

- "WORLD X SHIBUYA" is, or would be that the world version.

"WORLD X SHIBUYA" is a project to transmit the Shibuya creators Mr. Kabata gave me idea of ​​a system engineer that is willing to participate in "XSHIBUYA" to the world. Although the field of the world is approaching thanks to the Internet, the physical, the emotional there is also still a distant part. In order to pull with a jerk there, it aims to in the future, starting with Los Angeles held exhibitions in various parts of the world such as Paris and Milan, to debut the Shibuya in the world. Japanese-style pottery and the author of, hat of writers, such as the photographer, that asked to exhibit in various genres of artists, dare not issued a sense of unity, that in the Shibuya culture has been produced from the chaotic space because I want to tell. Increase the Shibuya of awareness worldwide, we aim to expand, such as those allowed to cross the Shibuya and the world. Then, when to hold the exhibition sometime in Shibuya, I hope deepen exchanges ask to come to a lot of artists from abroad.

WORLD X SHIBUYA

The first installment of the exhibition is about one month from June 26 until July 29, the United States in Los Angeles is in the suburbs of Santa Monica "James Gray Gallery", "WORLD X SHIBUYA presenting chaotic local culture of SHIBUYA, TOKYO around It is held under the heading of the world! ". It is exhibiting and selling artists and creators 14 people work related to Shibuya. SECOND LIFE (※) even doing the exhibition to create a building of the same size as the local gallery.

※ The SECOND LIFE ... virtual world that the United States of Linden Lab is operated on the web. Made the city and the building by the user's hand, it can also be such as thing of buying and selling using the virtual currency. Virtual currency can also be redeemed in real currency. In the rapid increase in users around the world, we have one after another well as events held on and ad serving companies.

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