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A good friend of mine sent me these books as a gift for my daughter’s birth.
I always thought “Vegan food” is the kind of food I would not wanna eat even when I’m hungry, but these books totally changed my mind.
I tried some of the recipes from these books and ate them for my breast milk to be even better quality (I do the best I can for my little angel).
Then I found out they not only worked for milk, but also how tasty they are.
Amazing books.
My friend from Tokyo just sent me the photos he took from a Japanese TV show where Ms. Sahel Rose (Iranian actress in Japan) reported on one of the towns in Tokyo. She’s wearing cream of the crop from summer collection!
When I read her profile, it took my breath away.
Ms. Rose lost her entire family when Iran was bombed during the Iraq-Iran war when she was four years old. She was found under a destroyed building four days later and rescued by a 20-year-old journalist who later adopted her and became her mother. They decided to move to Japan to escape from the difficulty of living a free life in Iran, and followed her mother’s fiance (later he turned violent so they left him) . She experienced isolation from other Japanese kids, because of her different appearance and the accent she had. She realized one day after having a closed dark character for a long period that if she opens up herself to others they will feel her positive vibe. Since then she started following her dream to become an actress and now, she became one.
Especially when I imagined how hard it should be for her young mother to raise Ms. Rose under the circumstance of Iranian government I was very moved. She gave up her career as a journalist but never gave up her daughter even most of the people around her (her parents as well) were against her decision.
I feel very honored such a strong, beautiful woman like Sahel Rose is wearing cream. This encouraged me to create a better, stronger cream as a brand. Thank you Ms. Rose!
I, also as a wife of an Iranian, am always wishing Iran will become a better country for their own people.
東京の友達が先日放送されたテレビ番組でイラン人の女優、サヘル・ローズさんがクリームのTシャツを着てくれてる画像を撮って送ってくれました。
彼女のプロフィール (1) (2) を読んで思わず息をのみました。
サヘルさんはイラン・イラク戦争で両親を含むほぼ全ての家族を失い、４日後に瓦礫の下から発見され、２０歳そこそこのジャーナリストの女性に助けられました。のちにその女性が彼女を娘として引き取り、当時のイランでの母子家庭で子供を育てることの厳しさから日本に行っていたフィアンセを頼りにサヘルさんを連れて日本に来る事に決めました（のち、フィアンセが暴力的なのがわかり離れる）。日本に来てからのサヘルさんは容姿の違いや言葉の壁などでいじめにあい、閉鎖的な性格になってしまあいますが、高校生になって自分から心を開けば周りの人達にその気持ちが伝わることを知ります。そして幼い頃からの夢であった女優の道を目指し、現在その目標に達してがんばっています。
彼女のお母さんがイラン政府の元、そして見ず知らずの他国で彼女を育てるのにどんなに苦労を強いられたかを思うと息の詰まる思いがします。自らのジャーナリストとしての夢は諦めたけれど、周囲の強い反対にも関わらず（始めは両親も）決してサヘルさんのことを諦めることはしませんでした。
このことでクリームのブランドとしてよりよいものをつくり出す勇気をもらいました。サヘルさん、ありがとう！
そしてイラン人の夫をもつ嫁として、イランが国民にとってよりよい国になってくれることを私も常に心から願っています。
Tags: サヘル・ローズ, Iran, sahel rose
Opening Ceremony, one of NYC’s most original stores, is going to be opening in Tokyo on August 30th. They have chosen to take a large space in Shibuya and from the looks of the renderings they have released they are going to be making great use of the it. The images show what has been described as each one of the 8 levels (!!) being inspired by a different part of American culture. Lines that they are going to carry include Alexander Wang, Nom De Guerre, Band of Outsiders, and Pendleton. Can’t wait to visit!
８月３０日、NYでお馴染みのオープニング・セレモニーのショップがオープンします。渋谷の大きなスペースを有効に生かしている感じの場所選び。イメージ（下の）をみる限りは８フロアーに別れた各階はそれぞれ異なるアメリカン・カルチャーを意識しています。アレキサンダー・ワン、ノム・デ・ゲアー、バンド・オブ・アウトサイダーズ、ペンダルトンなどのブランドが置かれる予定。待ちきれません！
The accompanying video below is also part of the Tokyo promotion and focuses on their Fall 09 collection with actress Chloe Sevigny (interesting note – the voiceover is actually in Farsi).
一番下のビデオは彼らの東京店のプロモーションの為の２００９年のコレクションで、クロエ・セビニーを起用。（何故か音声がペルシア語）
Tags: Alexander Wang, Band of Outsiders, Chloe Sevigny, Nom De Guerre, Opening Ceremony, Pendleton, Shibuya
I found this documentary from the site “tokyo mango” which introduces Japanese news and culture (it’s actually very interesting that I, as a Japanese, take a lot of her topics as normal, but if you don’t live there many things can be weird and strange). This elementary school located in Kanazawa in Ishikawa prefecture (where my dad’s from!) and the 57 years old teacher profiled definitely know how to educate kids.
I wish every one of us had a teacher like him. I picked the third chapter of especially because I was very moved by the kids who stood up for their friend and fought for their rights against the strong power.
Every time I go back to Japan I feel a lack of the “to make myself happy, others have to be happy”"try to understand others” spirit that their teacher instills in them. I hope those kids who grew up with such a beautiful mind can proudly keep up this mentality and spread it out all over the world.
TOKYO MANGOという主に日本のニュースやカルチャーを紹介しているブログ（日本に住んでいると当たり前のように聞き流してることがらを取り上げていて大変興味深いので是非チェックしてみてください）に掲載されていて発見したドキュメンタリーを紹介します。この小学校は石川県金沢にあって、登場する５７歳の先生は確実に子供の教育において一番大切なことを知っています。私達全てがこんな先生に教わってたらいいのに。５つで完結のこのドキュメンタリーの特に子供達が友達の為に先生に抗議する場面が出てくる３つ目をのせましたが、最初から全部観るこををおすすめします。日本に帰る度にこの”自分が幸せな気分になるには他の皆も幸せであるように””その為にもお互いを理解しあう”精神が欠けているような場面に出くわしたり、感じます。この素晴らしい精神を身につけた子供達が将来誇りをもって自分達の学んだことを世界中に広めていってくれることを心から願います。
Cream of the Crop has collaborated with one of the finest clothing companies in Japan, “Another Edition” (owned by United Arrows with 14 locations all over in Japan).
Cream of the CropとAnother Edition のコラボレーション企画が遂に実現しました！去年の秋頃からお話を頂いて以来担当の方とやりとりしながらディテールや素材にこだわって作りました。是非御店に見に行ってください！
Cream of the Crop’s first “unscented” shirts produced by Another Edition come with three different designs. Available at all Another Edition stores.
全国のAnother Editionで販売中。
!!!SUMO!!!
it is super exciting to see the unbelievably big Rikishi (sumo wrestler) attacking each other. the best seats are sectioned off 4 person boxes called “masu”. your ticket in this area gets you tons of food and drinks in big shopping bags. one lady in front of me got drunk in the middle of the tournament and started cursing at a Rikishi fighting against her favorite. It’s part of the entertainment, I would say.
I found my new favorite Rikishi this time named “Harumafuji”, who I later found out won the tournament of the season (the season includes 15 days and the Rikishi who wins the most will be the winner of the season). he is very small compared to other Rikishi, but is famous for being the hardest training.
今回初めて日馬富士という力士を見てファンになりました。他の力士よりひとまわり小さい身体なのにこの日は中日で全勝、後今場所優勝を果たしたと聞きました。人一倍稽古するので有名な力士だそうです。素敵！
on a side note…the popular Rikishis get flags from sponsors before the fight and the flags, each worth $500, are paraded around the ring. I’ve been to sumo a couple of times before, but this time I saw McDonald’s flags for the first time. Very surprising to me!
Tags: harumafuji, rikishi, sumo
