When talking about the various sub cultures of Tokyo, what
would you say is one of the biggest misconception(s)/
assumption(s) that you feel still prevail?
The distance between our cultures is just an illusion. I feel like we are
not so different, less than I thought before the trip.
David Borras ‘El Solitario’ writes on your blog: ‘Thousands of small
shops offer their handmade productions to the public,obviously
at higher prices than their industrial competitors, but we were
happyto see that people were happy to pay this premium
for this sustainability and higher quality. Maybe it is in the mix
between the old traditional and the new and avant-garde plus
the turbulence of Japan’s recent history what has madethis
possible. I don't really know why this happens, but I like it.’
What do you think the reason the Japan’s people are willing
to pay higher prices?
We - and the Japanese people first - went so far in industrialisation
and computerisation system, that now the real deal is to come
back to natural life. Smartphones and computers will now have to
cohabite with the handmade. Thanks god!