Aiming to singer-songwriter, he moved to Tokyo was Ai Kawashima at the same time as the junior high school graduation. Aiming to live at Shibuya Public Hall (now Shibuya CCLemon Hall) started to live on the street in Shibuya, it is gradually gaining popularity. Perform live is standing in Shibuya on the street on a daily basis, Shibuya is just the second home for Kawashima's have ever lived in Udagawacho. What is how to capture such a Shibuya of the city, I heard the story.

Shibuya went well, one from childhood

- After Tokyo from Fukuoka, among which based in Shibuya, why put up live at Shibuya Public Hall in one of the goals?

It had happened to doing live on the street in front of the Shibuya Public Hall. In really Shibuya Public Hall right in front .... But myself around it did not Tachidomara at all, in the Shibuya Public Hall was like someone was doing a live, though it is very matrix .... When I saw the scene, I think the wind Tteyuu "I want to do absolutely Shibuya Public Hall after one year", I decided on it. But, because it was starting from scratch, it started from the first negotiations. And There are Shibuya Public Hall of the director's, I was repeatedly I went to was much negotiation to that person, "Please let stand." Live on the street from that time had carried out overwhelmingly in Shibuya. It was Shibuya is about 900 times out of 1,000 times.

- Actually performed live in Shibuya on the street, did you feel any thing.

In the city Shibuya that anyway Ikika' are many people, to the elderly from small children, where you have a really wide variety of people. So I sang in Shibuya. Since it is possible to touch directly on the street, there was a very various encounters. It until I myself of Shibuya image of, anyway glamorous and glittering, I felt the air like Tteyuu "Do I not enter the country stuff" unilaterally. But when in fact local people also really a lot, listen to the Toka of story people that will listen to stopped, or been troubled to study or been troubled in love, or students who buy that are suffering from their own course, after work in and who came a lot of people tired of 30s salaryman, I was feeling "terribly part is do I city lot delicate". Since there is quite a lot of Toka bar district, and have also Toka people of drunk, I was also that you have or danced in front of the eyes (laughs). It is not only fear really and still are doing to loneliness ... once once put a tremendous courage, I do not sing and not Funbara. But, from the beginning to do together with you help me staff, it was the only single-mindedly work hard towards the 1,000 times. Always only comes with people of student staff alone, but I was helped me, it was great in relief (and) a sense due to the fact that was able fellow I met with the staff.

Feel the fun in the "mess feeling" of Shibuya

- Now, please tell us your favorite places among the Shibuya.

Chest like is tightened, it around too important place is still Hachiko before Toka NHK before of around Yoyogi Park. If you can see off the train, it is a special place where time to flash back was doing in really the street. Also, since lived near the city center before about two years, but had been back and forth every day center street every day, and Center Street really is people Oku', It is a lot of fun to watch, tired It is not. But have been strewn is quite a large amount of trash in the early morning, looking at the the crow we are nibbling it, It was disgusting the feel of human selfishness. Kind of sight just by looking at the, there is also the Tteyuu or feel hollow. After that, I often also Toka friends, among people who or have been moved to Tokyo from the countryside is, after all Toka not accustomed to the crowd, Toka not follow have too full of various things Toka information, Toka difficult to walk, such a the it is very large. But, I also, but at the time moved to Tokyo I was so, where do 1,000 times live, its time to come in contact with really closely Shibuya of the city, there, what is emptiness Toka lonely is different from the rest of the city I felt. Yourself doing the street, in Furea' with people, I think it was felt by human observation. I felt very much that the called Do not different from the Representations of humans beings ones the other city. Among that or Furea' can see a lot of people on the street, and Do I'm alive while facing a lot of things .... I feel I Do not wonder it is intertwined branches in Shibuya of the city. I think that no other I kind of town.

- Did not have a feeling of resistance to the abundance of Shibuya of people?

No, there was. I do not walk straight (laughs). It was hard. Even now, it is very but .... But, you will have it for is called Shibuya. After all, go to Shibuya, because various people are Ikika', then you would look at the situation, I think wow Toka what mental lurking Some of the people. Or "I wonder walking in any feelings." Something like vividness of precisely because living that way is you like me, I think that I wonder lying most in Shibuya. Lonely but it is emptiness, I think that it is a city full of vitality. I think you are full of really life force. Forever to be I want a city that is vibrant, I want you to be a presence, such as young people come together with nature there. But I think that we more and more also Toka now tall buildings, from that location that can be peace of mind, such as green and parks among such, I think also with the Do not want to make so good to small. After that, because it is certainly before Hachiko when you waiting, this is also I want to leave.

Pattern of live at Shibuya Public Hall (now Shibuya CCLemon Hall)