The First Presenter
Hey! How are y'all surviving these hot summer days?
It was already last Saturday that Yoshi and I held a meeting in Ebisu to discuss for the event. After the quality discussion, we went on a long walk from Ebisu to Daikanyama to search for some inspiration to come up with ideas to make the event more exciting and fruitful. Dropped by at the Tsutaya Bookshop to chill, then roamed around the stylish modern houses in the sleek residential district of Aobadai. Soared our imagination what kind of fortunate people would be living in the area. When realized we already reached Nakameguro, must’ve taken us two to three ours to get there. Eventually we didn’t accomplish the original mission to find the booster for the event, but I’d say after all that walk was good for a change!
Along Meguro River were many, many people wandering around in the hot weather. You could guess what they were up to if I tell you that they were holding their mobile phones in the hand and looking for something - that’s right they were playing Pokemon Go, the astonishing-frenzy-making app in the world. I wonder if there were the rare pokemons around the river? ...Me? I have the app on my phone, but haven’t played it much just yet.
What is more exciting than Pokemon Go for me? Of course, it is Bottoms Up for Creators on Sat 27 August! The one we held in Dec last year was a music event, but this time it is going to be a little different and is going to be for creators and those who are interested in creative things and activities. To borrow Mr Johnny Kitagawa’s iconic line, we say “You! Just join us!”- that’s how light we want you to feel when joining the event. Yes, it is as accessible and accommodating as the last event so it won’t matter if you come alone or with friends, we have arrangements to make you engaged in the event all the way!
Come get mixed with other participants. How well you get to know each other is up to you, but we will assist along your way.
So, one of the keys of the event will be the presentations by the participants. – and here we would like to introduce the fist presenter.
First Presenter
Mr. Masaki Hamano
Businessman from Ibaraki Prefecture
After accomplishing Tokyo Marathon 2016, he started the trail running and is absorbed into the daily training. Masaki’s primal creative activities are short stories and essays. He pursuits a style-free text-based-expression art.
Masaki is an old friend with Cool-D. He was in a band in high school, wrote songs, rapped and did further more musical activities. Being a man with full of the passion for expressing himself, with the experience of writing lyrics for his rap and his devotion for expressional art, it was meant-to-be that the path he chose to expand his writing to stories. Other than story writing, Masaki also makes four-frame comic strip.
Comment from Masaki:
I have had this strong feeling that I wanna be starting something, but cannot putting it into a form yet. I am looking forward to joining Bottoms Up for Creaters and hope it will be a good opportunity to the next step. I will bring in a short story to join the event.
The next blog will showcase the next presenter, who is actually already very active in various fields.
Until the next blog, check out this master piece from late 90's.
I Want You by Savage Garden
