Hello everyone! Nice to meet you, I'm Igarashi and I've joined the AAL team since the Sonar series. I apologize for not being able to introduce myself last time due to delays in the editorial work. I really do regret not introducing myself earlier.
 | Anyway, onto the main topic. My first overseas report was much more difficult than I expected. I was struggling to keep up with Mr. Maeda, who I went with. |
| Basically, Mr. Maeda is one tough guy. At times I thought that the guy was insane. That's how tough he was. Overall though, I was able to have a really good experience (thanks to Mr. Maeda). Looking back, I feel like I was always sweating during my time there. Of course, it's natural to sweat in the summer heat, but I was also sweating of joy over exciting encounters, and once also broke out in a cold sweat after a huge mistake I made... I also sweat while having beer and dinner after a long day of reporting, and generally sweated a lot over myriad things. I feel like physical experiences like this make the memory so much dearer. I had fruitful experiences every single day that I was at Sonar. Today, I'd like to introduce my interviews with 4 artists. It was my first time, and yes, I messed up too. Our guest is bookbinder Isao Mitobe. We were in the same grade at University and I was constantly troubling him. I interviewed him this time at his house, and wow, his book collection is bigger each time I go. |
