Hi, there. To begin with, I tell you about this blog.
It was two years ago, I first arrived in Moscow.
I was very excited to see this huge mysterious country, but after 30mins drive from the airport,
my expectation turned into a little dissapointment.
I already recognized that Moscow is not another world any more.
On the way, I saw some shop signs like; IKEA,Auchan supermarket, H&M,GAP,ZARA and
of course, Starbacks and Macdonald's.
At a glance, it was just a megacity and nothing surprised me except onion shaped Russian churches.
Behind modernization, Moscow seems to be losing its identity.
Then I started adventure to find out something original.
My focus is not only typical Russian art such as ballet, church, kremlin and so on.
I more like local things, design details that I can see in my daily life.
Some of them are likely to disappear in next 5years, because everything is being renewed.
Whenever I saw those things, I took pictures and now it became huge numbers.
This blog is the place to store them.
I hope it will grow into the collections of unique design.
Also this is the place where I can report my activities to my family and friends around the world,
so I try to write in Japanese and English. (my English is not good enough though..)
It was two years ago, I first arrived in Moscow.
I was very excited to see this huge mysterious country, but after 30mins drive from the airport,
my expectation turned into a little dissapointment.
I already recognized that Moscow is not another world any more.
On the way, I saw some shop signs like; IKEA,Auchan supermarket, H&M,GAP,ZARA and
of course, Starbacks and Macdonald's.
At a glance, it was just a megacity and nothing surprised me except onion shaped Russian churches.
Behind modernization, Moscow seems to be losing its identity.
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Moscow city is changing every day. The old church is left between construction site and new business center. |
Then I started adventure to find out something original.
My focus is not only typical Russian art such as ballet, church, kremlin and so on.
I more like local things, design details that I can see in my daily life.
Some of them are likely to disappear in next 5years, because everything is being renewed.
Whenever I saw those things, I took pictures and now it became huge numbers.
This blog is the place to store them.
I hope it will grow into the collections of unique design.
Also this is the place where I can report my activities to my family and friends around the world,
so I try to write in Japanese and English. (my English is not good enough though..)
こんにちは!モスクワに来て2年がたちます。
夫と幼い子ども達と泣き笑いの日々も少し落ち着き、今更ながらにブログを始めてみようと思います。
昔から旅が好きです。それも裏路地や地元のバスに揺られるような・・・気ままな街歩きが。
歩きながら、その土地のカルチャーを肌で感じることが大好きなのです。
モスクワに初めて来たときも、これから出会う未知の世界にワクワクしていました。
でも空港から車で走っている間に見たものは、イケア、H&Mをはじめとするファーストファッションブランド、
もちろんマクドナルドやスターバックス・・・・少しがっかりしました。
グローバルな出店競争の末、世界はどこもかしこも似た風景になりつつあるように感じました。
そのうえ、ロシアの急速な経済発展は1秒ごとに街の姿を変えていきます。
流れ込んできた外からのものに、この国らしさ・この街らしさが失われてしまったかのようです。
そこで私は時間を見つけては、じっくり街歩きするようになりました。
観光でおなじみの場所はもちろんですが、私がもっとも興味惹かれるのはやっぱり街の片隅。
なにげない風景の中にこそ、ロシアらしさが凝縮されています。
街がどんどん近代化していく中で、それらは姿を消しつつあります。
なくなってしまうその前に、このブログに残しておこうと思います。
それから趣味のグループで、毎週のようにギャラリーや建築物を見学しています。
私が出会ったすてきなデザインの数々を、紹介できたらなぁと思います。
各国のお友達とも交流できたらと思い、英語で書いていますが下手なのでご容赦ください^^
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