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Art collector / Art exhibition walker / Essay✍️ “STILL ALIVE”

Dada Ando

Art collector / Art exhibition walker / Essay✍️ “STILL ALIVE”

#12 Denver

※日本語版はページ下部にあります。お手数ですがスクロールしてご覧ください。 Our second stop on this trip was Denver, Colorado. After a four-and-a-half-hour flight from New York, I stepped into a city that felt different—gentler and calmer than the bustling metropolis I had jus

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    • #11 Factory Outlet Store

      ※日本語版はページ下部にあります。お手数ですがスクロールしてご覧ください。 In the ’90s, factory outlets were the go-to destinations for overseas shopping trips. Abercrombie & Fitch, Banana Republic, and other casual-luxury brands—known in Japan by their nicknames “Abakuro” an

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      • #10 The Met

        ※日本語版はページ下部にあります。お手数ですがスクロールしてご覧ください。 Commonly known as “The Met,” the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) opened its doors in 1870. Housing over three million precious artifacts gathered from across the world, spanning more than 5,000 years

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        • #9 Art

          ※日本語版はページ下部にあります。お手数ですがスクロールしてご覧ください。 Walking through the streets of New York, you can’t help but encounter public art and murals everywhere. The city feels alive with energy and vibrancy, thanks to its art. Together with the variety of sh

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          #8 Fashion & Culture

          ※日本語版はページ下部にあります。お手数ですがスクロールしてご覧ください。 One of the things I was looking forward to most in New York was visiting the flea markets. These are held every weekend in various spots across the city. After paying a dollar at the entrance and stepp

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          #8 Fashion & Culture

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          #7 New York

          ※日本語版はページ下部にあります。お手数ですがスクロールしてご覧ください。 When I landed at LaGuardia Airport in New York, the first thing that struck me was how different it smelled from Japan. I had already noticed this during my layover in Chicago, but the scent in the air

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          #6 Wings of Dreams

          ※日本語版はページ下部にあります。お手数ですがスクロールしてご覧ください。 In the summer of my second year of high school, I was granted an early summer vacation and finally got the chance to visit the United States. If I had waited until the official summer break, the price

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          #6 Wings of Dreams

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          #5 Adult World

          ※日本語版はページ下部にあります。お手数ですがスクロールしてご覧ください。 The yakitori restaurant opened at six in the evening. Ten minutes before that, I’d change into my usual work clothes in the back and walk into the shop. “Good evening!” I’d call out in a loud voice, gr

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          #4 The Master

          ※日本語版はページ下部にあります。お手数ですがスクロールしてご覧ください。 Wearing an apron with the name of a sake brewery, a blue happi coat, and a rope headband, the owner was called "Taisho" or "Master." His wife was called "Okami-san." It was a world vastly different fro

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          #4 The Master

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          #3 Yakitori Restaurant

          ※日本語版はページ下部にあります。お手数ですがスクロールしてご覧ください。 One summer day during my first year of high school, I was cycling along a road I didn’t usually take, one that was a bit farther from home. As I pedaled by, a row of red lanterns hanging in front of a

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          #3 Yakitori Restaurant

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          #2 Money & Work

          ※日本語版はページ下部にあります。お手数ですがスクロールしてご覧ください。 As a high school student, I needed a fair amount of money to go to America. The plan was to accompany him on a buying trip for his small shop, and we would be staying for about a week. Although I had a

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          #2 Money & Work

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          #1 The U.S.A.

          ※日本語版はページ下部にあります。お手数ですがスクロールしてご覧ください。 During my teenage years, when I was captivated by American culture, visiting vintage clothing stores and curiosity shops on my days off became a daily routine. The air was filled with a distinctive sce

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          #1 The U.S.A.

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          Prologue

          ※日本語版はページ下部にあります。お手数ですがスクロールしてご覧ください。 The movie "Stand By Me" starts with the protagonist, Gordie, reminiscing about his childhood. It's a road movie where four boys set off on an adventure to find the body of a missing person, based on a

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