Steven Holl

Blueberries of my garden are ready to be eaten.


There is nothing permanent except change.



By the way, I was invited to the home of Mr. Kaori Suehiro of the architect the other day.


And I had supper with Mr. and Mrs. Suehiro.


There is nothing permanent except change.


The home was designed by Steven Holl .



The stairs from the entrance to a living room are abnormally slim.


There is nothing permanent except change.



Beside the living, it is a basin.


There is nothing permanent except change.


It's hard to imagine that this was designed 20 years ago.


As is to be expected, it is Steven Holl.



The dish which Suehiro cooked was delicious like a restaurant.


There is nothing permanent except change.


There is nothing permanent except change.


There is nothing permanent except change.



It was the day when I received stimulation to various designs and meals and wine.





Go Right Back / Shanghai

A business trip to Shanghai.


There is nothing permanent except change.


There is nothing permanent except change.

There is nothing permanent except change.

There is nothing permanent except change.

There is nothing permanent except change.



Made a hurried trip back to Japan.


There is nothing permanent except change.



I came back from Shanghai and had dinner with Mr Kazuyuki Ishihara .

There is nothing permanent except change.


He is a famous landscape artist.


He won a gold medal by The RHS Chelsea Flower Show for 3 consecutive years.


Great!



The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is a garden show held for five days in May


by the Royal Horticultural Society in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in Chelsea, London.

There is nothing permanent except change.


The show is the most famous flower show in the world.



He showed me a gold medal on that day.

There is nothing permanent except change.

There is nothing permanent except change.



He taught me a lot of hints of the gardening while eating.



Many thanks.




Matte Black / Nanjing

Business trip to Nanjing.


There is nothing permanent except change.

There is nothing permanent except change.

There is nothing permanent except change.



I ate supper while holding a meeting with Chinese staff.


There is nothing permanent except change.


The place was "Shanghai DongJun Bird's Nest Shark's Fin Seafood Restaurant Nanjing branch firm".



There is not a menu here.


We choose our dishes from the tanks of seafood and cases of meat and vegetables.


There is nothing permanent except change.


With each selection the server will ask how we would like it to be prepared.


Then cook will cook it.



OMG...Common slider a.k.a. MIDORIGAME.


There is nothing permanent except change.


...eat this?


There are a lot of grotesque creatures which can't give photographs...



Very big crabs.


There is nothing permanent except change.


These changed in this way.


There is nothing permanent except change.



Very big lobster and shrimps.


There is nothing permanent except change.


There is nothing permanent except change.



A very big flatfish.

There is nothing permanent except change.



Silky Fowl a.k.a. UKOKKEI.


There is nothing permanent except change.


Though the looks is grotesquerie, both the soup and the meat are delicious.


Food of elixir.


All including skin, meat, a bone, the incorporation is matte black.




Matte black is trendy worldwide.




Detail / Nanjing

A business trip to Nanjing.


There is nothing permanent except change.


There is nothing permanent except change.



The place where old China stays in modern China.


There is nothing permanent except change.



In a certain Chinese factory, I did a meeting and the product check with the president of the factory.


There is nothing permanent except change.

There is nothing permanent except change.


There is nothing permanent except change.



Product quality of this factory is high.


There is nothing permanent except change.


This mistake that it's acceptable product in the common Chinese factory.


But, In this factory, they take it as a defective product.



The Devil's in the details.




Sweet Song / Yabakei

I went on a business trip to Yabakei for a shoot.

There is nothing permanent except change.



I stayed at "Funoki ".


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Reserved all rooms in the cast and staff.


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Views from my guest room.


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It was really quiet, and good.


The outskirts sounded only the sweet song of birds and insects.


There is nothing permanent except change.



The meal was French in earnest though an institution was pure Japanese-style.


The difference was very striking.



There is nothing permanent except change.


For a shoot, I had to get up at 5:00 a.m., but got up for a fine feeling.



The place where I want to stay at in a private time relaxedly.



Gold Rush

The rainy season seems to be over.

$There is nothing permanent except change.


"Sedum" of my garden is in full blossom.

$There is nothing permanent except change.

After it rained, it looks like gold when light comes in.

$There is nothing permanent except change.


Speaking of gold, "THE 250KM WAVE"



In Cannes International Advertising Festival also known as Cannes Lions,

my juniors won the gold award for Outdoor, the silver award for Media and the bronze award for Film.

$There is nothing permanent except change.

Congratulations!!!!!


By the way, in the Japanese, "XYLOPHONE" of NTT DOCOMO won the gold award for Film Craft, too.



Good CM!!!


My different junior who went to Cannes received a tree ball used in this CM

from the creator of his friend and went back.

$There is nothing permanent except change.


But... a sound does not come out only by this ball.


A soul alone neither sings nor weeps.



Good Fragrance

An "African Lily " a.k.a. "Agapanthus Africanus" native to South Africa.


There is nothing permanent except change.


That has begun to bloom.


It's so strong perennial that is cold tolerance and hot tolerance.



The "Hydrangea" is cheerful, too.


There is nothing permanent except change.



And there are a lot of buds of the "Griffith's Ash "


a.k.a. "Fraxinus Griffithii".

There is nothing permanent except change.


"The Griffith's Ash" is a dioecious plant like a "Ginkgo".


Because seeds are made every year, my "Griffith's Ash" is a female strain.

There is nothing permanent except change.


The "Griffith's Ash" smells good, cause it is a oleaceous plant.




Female of a good fragrance is the strongest.





Vitality Color

Water my garden.


"Callistemon Speciosus " is in full blossom.


There is nothing permanent except change.


From the form of the flower, this is called "Bottlebrush".



"Smoke Bush " a.k.a. "Cotinus Coggygria" became in the shape of smoke.


There is nothing permanent except change.



"Feijoa " a.k.a. "Pineapple Guava" began flowering, too.


There is nothing permanent except change.


This fruit tastes like a combination of several other fruits,


usually described as pineapple, guava, and strawberry.



"Bottlebrush", "Pineapple Guava" and "Smoke Bush" are very simple naming　that is good.



Then, a lot of the flowers of "Olive " has begun to bloom, too.


There is nothing permanent except change.



Fruits of the “Juneberry a.k.a. Amelanchier canadensis”are ready to be eatable soon.


There is nothing permanent except change.



So, when it is June, in the case of my garden, red comes to be outstanding.


The red color stimulates parasympathetic nerve, and to produce vitality .



Will be a lot in my garden in June.




Flowers of May

The recent flowers of my garden.



"Grevillea "

There is nothing permanent except change.

My garden became colorful.


"Smoke bush " a.k.a. "Cotinus coggygria" of the backyard.

There is nothing permanent except change.

These flowers change in form such as the smoke soon.



"Corokia " in full bloom.


There is nothing permanent except change.


There is nothing permanent except change.

A lot of yellow small flowers.



"Garden pink " a.k.a. "Dianthus　plumarius"


There is nothing permanent except change.


"Garden pink" became just in full bloom in Mother's Day.



"Silky eremophila " a.k.a. "Eremophila nivea"

There is nothing permanent except change.




"Dodonaea viscosa Purpurea "

There is nothing permanent except change.



"Geraldton waxflower " a.k.a. "Chamelaucium uncinatum"

There is nothing permanent except change.



I can't care for my garden since I am busy...


Save time for myself.






Fashion Color 2011 Spring

The spring flowers of my garden.



“Cherry blossoms ” were in full bloom.


There is nothing permanent except change.


“Spiraea thunbergii”

There is nothing permanent except change.



“Aronia a.k.a. Chokeberry”

There is nothing permanent except change.



“Blueberry a.k.a. Vaccinium”


There is nothing permanent except change.



“Juneberry a.k.a. Amelanchier canadensis”

There is nothing permanent except change.


Berries are cheerful this year.



In the case of my garden, there are many whitish flowers in spring.




By the way, the most fashion color of this spring is WHITE.