Dear Shaded Viewers,
Madame Ikuko Nakano and Madame Setsuko Sugahara at the Ritz Hotel in late October
In Kyoto with Madame Ikuko Nakano and Madame Setsuko Sugahara
Do you remember how Shoji and I met the two ladies from Kyoto at Toraya in the end of October and then they invited us to the Ritz Hotel to meet them for a tea? I had the idea to make a short film on them but I needed more material.
Shoji is from Kyoto and he’s there now on Christmas holiday. The other day he went to meet Madame Nakano and Sugahara for a tea. When they asked him where he wanted to go, Shoji said it would be nice to go somewhere with a beautiful garden.
They met at a hotel in Kyoto, that is where the Christmas tree at the end was taken. Then they drove for 30 minutes and arrived at a beautiful Japanese Old School House.
Of course , in my mind I imagined Shoji visiting the two elegant ladies in their homes.
It could be a few more years until that happens.
It would have been nice to have been there as well. No closet visits but a few more Kelly bags.
Later,
Diane
All photographs by SHOJI
