[Machine Translation] Prices are high, and the yen is weak. You shouldn t even think about going abroad" that s certainly true. But after hearing stories from my friend in London time and again, I finally couldn t sit still any longer. A select shop open only on Saturdays, a skate park converted from a public bathhouse, the best shirt shop in the Piccadilly Arcade, galleries packed with young people, and sandwiches that are absolutely delicious. I could look it all up on my phone, but unless I see it, hear it, and touch it, it doesn t feel like it s truly mine. The first issue of Popeye could have featured London instead of California," a senior editor told me right around that time. If that had been the case, what kind of clothes would we be wearing now, and what news would we be following? I couldn t sit still any longer, so I bought a ticket to London. FASHION On My Way, London! and more