PAPERSKY #60

HOKKAIDO | Drive issue




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Hokkaido is Here.

As the Pixies, Where is My Mind? blared on our Burmester 12-speaker surround sound system the fresh wind hit our faces at a high pitch and we sped towards the end of the earth, or Shiretoko as its known in the Ainu language.

For this Drive issue featuring the final frontier island of Hokkaido we went on a 2,000 km journey in search of PAPERSKY-ish people in an effort to bring a here and where to the land of nowhere. Hokkaido is so vast and huge its also been given the name Dekaido! (meaning extremely large).

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.

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 Itos alertness in the forest, Miho Tomitas tactile cow paintings and Bikki Tsunazawas magical wooden sculptures.

So buckle up as we discover the now and here of Hokkaido via our meet ups with some of these people truly living in the now of things.

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