¡SWITCHVol.34 No.4 (2016 APR.) [Feature] Koizumi Kyoko
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[Machine Translation] Special feature: KOIZUMI KYOKO: HARAJUKU 2016 REVISITED / HARAJUKU HYAKKEI Revisited A look back at the Harajuku streets that she walked through her teens, 20s, 30s, and 40s, and the current state of Kyoko Koizumi, who turns 50 in 2016. (The question of why Harajuku is the only place that continues to change is divided into two. ( Why does only Harajuku continue to change? ) ( Why does Harajuku remain unchanged? ). For the past nine years, Kyoko Koizumi has been walking the streets of Harajuku throughout her 40s. (Every three months, she would spend half a day shooting on location for three issues, invite two guests for two issues, and later write an essay on Harajuku for one issue. I continued this process and completed it at the end of last year, literally counting ( 100 times ). In Harajuku, the city (town), people (people), and fashion (fashion) change at the speed of light. In fact, even since 2007, when I started this series, some of the buildings I photographed suddenly disappeared one day, or I suddenly realized that their tenants had been replaced. At the same time, Omotesando, where Meiji Jingu Shrine is located and its approach, Omotesando, is at the center of the city, will always remain a place where young people can play and transmit their youth culture in peace (clean and beautiful). I have felt this over and over again in the course of writing this series of articles. Harajuku is very much like Kyoko Koizumi. This year, I walked around Harajuku once again with Kyoko Koizumi, who is now in her 50s. The streets that should have been nostalgic seemed like a strange landscape. ( Why only Kyoko Koizumi? ) This question can be divided into two parts. ( Why does only Kyoko Koizumi continue to change? ) ( Why can only Kyoko Koizumi stay the same? ) The question is divided into two parts: ( Why can only Kyoko Koizumi continue to change?
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