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Improving my place as isel while also pursuing what I want to do
Celeina: We have just heard a lot about isel, but now that it has been one year since the store opened, is there anything you want to do in the future?
Mori: Personally, the interior of the store has a slightly different atmosphere from other stores, and some people say they like that atmosphere, so I would like to work on designing the interior of the store in the future. I would like to do something like decorating, combining the works of artists I am surrounded by and old tools and other decorations. I would also like to open a coffee shop during the free daytime hours of a nearby snack bar, and selling artists’ works overseas is also a dream of mine.
Takano: You are very versatile, Mr. Mori.
Celeina: I can really see the future in all of the things you just mentioned. I think you may not have enough time and energy to do it all on your own.
Takano:But you have gathered a lot of wonderful people at your store and made connections with them, right?
Mori: That’s right. People who are involved in some kind of activity who gather at the store are connecting with each other to create artworks or hold events together, and they are increasingly asking us to lend our space to them for those occasions.
Celeina: I am really looking forward to the future.
Mori: I hope it turns out to be a good place.
Celeina: But aren’t you a bit busy being a barber by yourself?
Mori: Not at all, I still do my best to make reservations.
Celeina: So you say you have a slot for reservations. I would like to encourage everyone to check out isel on Instagram or Hot Pepper Beauty and visit. “FIST BUMP” welcomes today Genki Mori, owner of isel, a barbershop in Takadanobaba, Tokyo. Thank you very much.
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