村上隆さんのインスタグラム写真 - (村上隆Instagram)「We had intel that Tokyo and the surrounding prefectures may go into a lockdown starting April 2; fear is finally setting in around us. Meanwhile in Kyoto, we are preparing the ceramics store @tonari_no_murata , my much-awaited project with my friend Shin Murata @muratashinwolf , at a feverish pitch for its opening scheduled for April 4. Kyoto used to be Japan’s capital. Referred to as “miyako,” it was presided over by elegant aristocrats until the period of warring states came and warlords took power. The capital was moved to Osaka and eventually to Tokyo, but people in Kyoto still somewhat refuse to accept these changes in their heart of hearts; they proudly believe that the country's cultural center still resides in Kyoto. So even as various incidents rock Japan, time seems to continue to flow differently in Kyoto. We are renovating an old machiya-style row house for our store in tradition-abiding Kyoto, so we keep encountering electrical and structural difficulties and have to tackle one problem after another by hand. But craftspeople in Kyoto have been very patient in dealing with us, helping us gradually approach satisfaction. I have been commuting to Kyoto once a week, working on fine-tuning everything with Murata, and I can feel that we are getting there. Murata has been extremely creative, implementing whatever he notices in the process of building the store in his studio in the form of a new vessel. His impetus must have blasted his cancer away. And so, even though this is a strange time, we plan to quietly open our store in the retired corner of Kyoto. photo: @egifusako translation: @tabi_the_fat」3月27日 13時00分