週刊NY生活

2019年（平成31年）2月23日（土）VOICES From

THE NEW YORKERS
Fifty Shades of Chicby Kia Cheleen
Eachmorninga n devening, I
carefully do
my skincare
routine –cleanser,softener,serum,moisturizer, eye cream. I started using
high-end skin care and makeup at an
early age, when I worked at a department store in college. I got some freesamples and became friends with thecounter manager. Later on, I worked
for a large Japanese cosmetics company in international marketing. It justreiterated the need to have a good skincare routine and to use high-qualitymakeup.
I look at Japanese office ladies
and they normally do not wear brightly-colored eye makeup or lipstick.
Sometimes they might wear a cutepink-colored lipstick, but never bright
red or deep colors. However, they
have very ornate nails! Many Japanesewomen don’t just get a manicure andgel nails. They get intricate patterns on
top of their nails in a variety of colors.

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It is done very professionally and themanicure lasts for weeks! I also
noticed that as Japanese women age,they sometimes suddenly start wearing
baby blue eyeshadow! And they startcoloring their hair in different shadesof purple or blue. This is definitely nota trend in the United States!
It made me wonder how wedefine what is “chic” – is it by ourage, our culture, where we work, or
where we live? Do women want to bechic to be on trend, or is it to be more
appealing to others?
(Kia Cheleen is an inter-cultural consultant and a Japanese/English writer,translator and interpreter. Visit her at
www.gillespieglobal.net or e-mailkcheleen@gmail.com)

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JAPAN VOICECOOL JAPAN from New Yorkers’ Viewpoints
Japanese Thriving
in NY Fashion Week
Working Simultaneously
Yukie Nail NY

Arita Porcelain came to New York
Attended NY NOW Show
For over 400 years, Arita has been
introducing its porcelain to the world.
This February, it wrote a new page in
its history, debuting eight new Arita
porcelain brands at the internationallyrenowned trade show, NY NOW.
Sponsored by the Saga Prefectural
Government, the participating Arita
creators came to New York to share
their treasures and techniques specifically with the U.S. market. After ayear of research and another of development, Arita makers introduced theirproducts at NY NOW booth #3430,
where buyers saw new products, fromtableware to lifestyle items, previously unavailable in the U.S..
There was a special reception for theJapanese community living in NY,
celebrating the arrival of Arita porcelain to America.
" ∞ ARITA" is a group of sevencreators/brands of porcelain products,
all from the small town of Arita,
Japan, which is where Japanese porcelain was born 402 years ago. Throughits rich history, Arita’s porcelain hasflourished throughout the world, especially in Europe during the 18th cen-Nail stylist Yukie Natori, CEOand Founder of the Empire New
York Nail School in Tokyo andYukie Nail New York, was incharge of the models’ nails for six
shows with eleven brands in New
York Fashion Week.
In Caroline Hu’s show on Feb.
9th at the East 25th Street townhouse, the models were on
standby at 9 am, two hours
before show time. Hair stylists, make-up artists, and nailstylists were all styling themodels simultaneously.
One of Ms. Natori’s
famous clients is Lady Gaga.
As the President of her Tokyo
nail school, Ms. Natori escort-CATCH USPERFORMING ARTSGrand Opening Gala
Starts Well
Kouichirou Koga

tury. Its traditional techniques have been
passed down for centuries but the creatorsof ARITA have turned tradition into modern, and have produced products that
introduced a new luxurious lifestyle only
introduced at NY NOW. All products are
Made in Japan with pride.
Mr. Kouichirou Koga, Deputy
Director Management Support Division
Saga Prefectural Government, said, "Thisis third time exhibition from Saga, andmany people recognize the beauty ofArita." (Article and Photo by Ryoichi
Miura/Translated by Toshiki Abe)In November 2018, CATCH
US PERFORMING ARTS, a nonprofit organization, was founded inNew Jersey aiming to prosper performing arts in culture, arts, entertainment and Japan-US exchange.
Their grand opening event
was held at Opera America in
Manhattan in the evening of January
21.
Performers were a koto player
Ishigure Masayo, a singer/song
writer Ka-Na (Uemura Kana),
dancers Komori Yusaku and Ogata
Mari, and Japanese calligraphy
artist Tanaka Taisan.
Ka-Na sang her socks off hermega-hit number “ Toire noed her Japanese students to take the nailtechnician licensing exam in New York.
She also provided real opportunities forthe students to try out their techniques tothe models in New York Fashion Week.
(Ryoichi Miura/Translated by TomokoIsshiki)

Kamisama (Goddess in the bathroom)”
to her own acoustic guitar accompaniment. Listening to her voice, somethingwells up within and there were audience dabbing their eyes to her love forher grandmother. Currently active inboth US and Japan, Ka-Na spoke of her
upcoming performance in the US, “I’dlike to spread how wonderful J-pop is
to non-Japanese as well.”Ishigure also commented on theorganization’s future activities, “I hopethat the organization mingles andshows Americans our culture.”
Deputy Director Kono Hiroshi
said, “Our activities also includes discovering new talents. We would like tooffer opportunities for those hidden
artist to come forward.” They plan on
hosting performing events, workshops,
and lectures to raise young performers
and supporting the artists. (IshiguroKaoru)

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