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No.60 \u2014 HOKKAIDO\uff082019\uff09<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hokkaido is Here.<\/strong>

By LUCAS B.B.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


As the Pixies, \u201cWhere is My Mind?\u201d blared on our Burmester sound system the fresh wind hit our faces at a high pitch and we sped towards \u2018the end of the earth\u2019, or Shiretoko as it\u2019s known in the Ainu language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this \u2018Drive\u2019 issue featuring the \u2018final frontier\u2019 island of Hokkaido we went on a 2,000 km journey in search of \u2018PAPERSKY-ish\u2019 people in an effort to bring a \u2018here\u2019 and \u2018where\u2019 to the land of \u2018nowhere\u2019. Hokkaido is so vast and huge it\u2019s also been given the name \u2018Dekaido!\u2019 (meaning extremely large). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our guests and drivers for the issue are world-renowned artist Yoshitomo Nara and branding director Harumi Fukuda. Each has a love and connection for Hokkaido that gives us a new window into this ancient frontier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nara originally was born and raised in Aomori but he can feel his \u2018past now\u2019 as \u2018now\u2019 in Hokkaido. The air, architecture, people and nature of Hokkaido transport him back to his childhood days. Fukuda, on the other hand, was born in Hokkaido but has just recently began to reconnect with her childhood home. She\u2019s discovering crafts and new taste to add to her worldly bag of arts and flavors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we drive deeper and deeper into Hokkaido and the nature becomes more exuberant we too seem to become more focused on the \u2018now\u2019 of things. It\u2019s as if Hokkaido is grounding us away from our wandering thoughts and into a zone of concentration. The effect is a wholeness and feeling of fulfillment: the wheat bread taste better, the rice sweeter, the ice cream milkier and even the flowers look more beautiful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A feeling of intense relaxation and concentration can be seen in the lives and details of the people we meet along our trip: The South to West 8 crews unique Tenkara based fashion, the modern Page wooden bear, the fabrics and folds of designer Takayuki Suzuki and Ryoko Takahashi; Noriko Ito\u2019s alertness in the forest, Miho Tomita\u2019s tactile cow paintings and Bikki Tsunazawa\u2019s magical wooden sculptures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So buckle up as we discover the \u2018now\u2019 and \u2018here\u2019 of Hokkaido via our meetups with some of the people truly living in the \u2018now\u2019 of things.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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HOKKAIDO<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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PAPERSKY Soundtrack For Travelers
HOKKAIDO edition<\/strong>

A list of Songs to enjoy over a cup of coffee, while driving, and of course while flipping through the pages of the Hokkaido edition of Papersky. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selected by:
GOOD NEIGHBORS’ MUSIC VENDER<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n