It was a beautiful idea : having a nice China-town between the Seine and Marne rivers in the Eastern boder of Paris, with Chinese restaurants, shops, hotels, cultural activities... It was called Chinagora, and born in 1992. Now, it looks like a ghost city. The project died slowly because it was badly managed by both local and Chinese authorities. It can't be reconverted yet, because of a blocage in the legal process. But if you like Chinese ghosts stories, you can still enjoy the design of the place and imagine the lost souls crying about this huge waste of time, money and energy...

これはチャイナゴラというところです。パリの東で、中国の店やレストランやホテルがあります。面白いアイディーでしたけど、経済計画が悪くなって、今死んだ町の漢字です。誰もいなくて、本当に残念です。お金と時間の無駄だと思います。しかし幽霊の話が好きだったら、完璧な場所です。

世界中で幸せを見つける旅
My dear friend Yukimi from Hiroshima, Japan, is now ruling her blog ! Discover images from her daily life - family, friends, job, activities... - but also her thoughs about the wide world : she is going to travel around the planet from next September ! First step : Kenya... not less !

I am so happy I am going to be able to follow her world-wide trip...
Let's keep in touch, Yukimi !

友達のブログを紹介させていただきます！
「世界中で幸せを見つける旅」というブログは広島の幸美さんの日記です。毎日新しい記事を書きます！家族や友達やバイトや趣味や広い世界について話が読めます。そして9月からボランティアの仕事を始めて、色々な国に行って、色々な文化や伝統を見て、色々な人に会って、本当に興味深いブログになるかもしれません！最初に、ケニアです。楽しみ！
幸美ちゃん、ずっとこの関係を守りましょう！

幸美からの自己紹介

はじめまして
2010年09月から約１年間、ボランティアやワークキャンプをしながら世界を旅する予定です。

行き先予定は

ケニア
オーストラリア
インドネシア
マレーシア　
ブルネイ
モンゴル
カナダ
デンマーク
オランダ
フィンランド
チェコ
ギリシャ

などです

テーマは本当の幸せ、平和、豊かさとは何か！？を探る旅で
世界のみんなで幸せになれる方法を見つけたいと思っています
子供の頃から平和や環境問題に興味があり、フランスでのホームステイ、就職、退職、大学で国際学の短期履修などの経験を経てこの旅に辿りつきました
戦争、貧困、差別。。
世界にはいろいろな問題があります。
世界のみんなが笑ったり泣いたりしながら幸せに生きていける世界にしたい！そのためには貧困や戦争、民族差別についてよりも
世界中に存在するたくさんの幸福に着目する必要があるのではないかと思います。

様々な問題がありますが、援助するとかされるとかではなく
一人一人が生き方の指針を変える必要があるのではないか？と思います。
人間は平等です。
きっと方法があるはず
本当の幸せって何でしょう？？
福祉やお金、自然との共存、家族の形・・・
いろいろあると思います。
科学が発展していたら幸せなのか？
途上していたら不幸なのか？

考えるだけじゃ分からないので各地へ行って確かめてみようと思います。
また、幸せは生活の中にあると思うので
旅の途中には仲間を増やし、ホームステイなどを経験しおうちの中の幸せの秘密についても探ろうと思います
出発までは準備や各国の情報、何気ない日常、日常に取り入れられる小さなしあわせなど発信していきます

見えないせかいと繋がることもしばしば。。
オーラ　宇宙　レイキ　月の星座　妖精　守護霊　星　空気の粒子などなど不思議なお話もちょこちょこしていきます

みんなで幸せになりましょう

This is the most modern part of Paris, usually empty, because it's not in a central area. Bercy Park is the perfect place to read a book or to draw something. A long time ago, it was a place where wine was stocked and it seems that its perfume is still in the air... If you need a nice shot of green, have a sunny walk at Bercy !

ここはベルシーというところです。昔、ワインのストックのところでしたが、今公園になりました。現代的なデザインで、いい天気の時本当にきれいな場所です。そして町の中心ではないので、とても静かです。

I'm on holidays. I have plenty of time. And in my language, free time means DRAWING. So I decided to celebrate the opening of the new album "J-Fanart" (on the right column of this blog) with a new serie based on my number-one source of inspiration when I was a kid : Peter Pan.
Fanart is something really funny to do and it's also a way to share something with the other fans. I like to use the male Japanese idols to do it because they have very "plastic" style - you can imagine them wearing any kind of costume.
Enjoy the new casting of Peter pan !

休みだから時間があって、ファンアートをしました。日本のアイドルについてファンアートを作るのが大好きです。特にジャニーズのファンアートは面白いです。フランスのファンは日本のアイドルの写真とか余りもらえないので、ファンドムに参加し方です。

(click to enlarge)

Matsumoto Jun (Arashi) as Peter


Kame (Kattun) and Yamapi (News) as Pirats


Oguri Shun as an Indian


Ryo (Kanjani 8 / News) as Tinkerbell

From Arthur Rimbaud Alley, you have the National Library on your right, the Simone de Beauvoir Bridge on your right, the Seine River under your feet and the Josphine Baker floating pool in front of you. The area is strangely calm, non-touristic, there are space and wind, a few students are reading on the steps of the library, some couples go to the movie theatre. Nothing moves...

Le pauvre songe

Peut-être un Soir m’attend
Où je boirai tranquille
En quelque vieille Ville,
Et mourrai plus content :
Puisque je suis patient !

Si mon mal se résigne
Si j’ai jamais quelque or,
Choisirai-je le Nord
Ou le Pays des Vignes ? ...
- Ah ! songer est indigne

Puisque c’est pure perte !
Et si je redeviens
Le voyageur ancien,
Jamais l’auberge verte
Ne peut bien m’être ouverte.

That's me
Your servant. The humble author of this blog.

You know me pretty well now. You know that in a former life, I have probably been Japanese, or maybe I was desperately in love with a Japanese (wo)man, I don't know, I can't proove it, but if you have a better explanation, call me.

I just needed, because it's a crossroad again, to do the inventory of my principal resources - and as you know the best resources are always human, so I needed to make some space for the protagonists of my little world. So give a big hand for my people, they are totally awesome !

The sista'
She's the one. She has a big brain, a golden heart and a deep soul. She brings fun, sound and though to my life.

Even when she was just a baby, she was already smart. Ok, she couldn't talk, that didn't mean she couldn't think and feel the right way. I have always been sure of this : she understands ! She really does.

She is still in Tokyo right now, fighting with her homework and drinking the last drops of green tea. Last drops until the next time, of course. I'm waiting for you, sis ! Miss you !

The boyfriend

He's the cherry on the Japanese cake. I didn't expect him, but he appeared.

He's one hundred percent healthy : drinks water, does sports, doesn't like sweet things, hates smoking... I am definitely the most unhealthy thing in his life ! Call me Chou a la creme.

According to his geographical origin, he is supposed to be a Kyushu Danshi, a man of the Southern IsIand of Kyushu; a Japanese girl told me that means he's not shy and very manly...

The gang
My folks ! From the father I received the constance and the integrity (at least I try) ; from the mother, the passion and the faith (for this too, I'm doing my best).

Because of the magic of DNA, I also received a mole's eyes, ultra-delicious skin according to the mosquitos and the slowest legs in the world. Thanks, guys.

The best friend - and her gang

I have known her from kindergarden. I saw her dreaming about her future and then fullfill her dreams one by one. Congrats, girl !

I am the godmother of her baby girl, and obviously she'll be the godmother of my future kid !

The Harry-Potter-style friends

We met at school and we develop this special kind of friendship, this mix between the common points of our destinies and the divergence of our personnalities. We shared the plans of our term research papers, we supported each other through all the decisions we took. One went to New Europe, another to New Africa, the last one to New Asia. We are from modest families, we are not always confident, we'd like to do magic in our life.

The Sex-and-the-City-style friends

They are fashionable and cool. They like shopping, high-tech and cocktails. They want the right carreer an the right boyfriend, the right personnal thing and the right couple thing. They believe in love and high-heels.

The Japanese soulmate

She lives in Hiroshima, she's younger than me, she understands my broken Japanese better than anyone and she's the cutest person in the world. She's the living proof that communication is beyond vocabulary and gramma.She has wide heart and wide intelligence.She welcomed me at her place, she made me feel at home in Japan, she makes me cry when I leave her. Without her, I wouldn't have seen the human face of Japan.

The Japanese Parisiennes

They are living on music. One dreams about ruling the show in prestigious Opera theatre ; the other is a talented pianist. They can speak French perfectly.

The EU dudes you'd like to know better

I met them through my European experiences. They all bring colors to my life, but because life is life, I don't know them as much I would like to.

I already know they are fantastic, I just need to confirm !

The Japanese to discover

The living smiles of my Japan !

Language partner ; volunteer students of Waseda ; friends of friends...I wish I had time to know them better... but it's not over !

You make Japan rock, dudes.

The Family !

They're here, hidden behind the kilometers, life... But sometimes DNA wakes up, and we need to meet again !

I have 15 female cousins, 7 male cousins... most of them already have kids... We are a big tribe, and it's cool like this. We spread our genetic print on the world.

When it's sunny in Paris, people have lunch outside and wait for their friends on the steps of the Opera, looking for the shadows of the buildings... We are not that used to hard sunshine in this region !
いい天気の時、パリ人はいつも外で昼ご飯を食べて、外で友達を待って、本当に多様を浴びたいです！