LDK: big issue

big issue

05.03.04

Posted by Jun
[ Misc. ]

今日、新宿南口でビッグイシューを発見。ホームレスの人々に収入を得る機会を提供する事業として1991年にロンドンで始まった雑誌販売。販売者はホームレスの人たちです。そう言えば、半年ぐらい前に日本版が出来たと聞いてたけれど、実際に売られているのを見たのは今日が初めて。ロンドンに住み始めた当初は「ビーギ、ビギ、ビギ、ビギシュー」とか「ビーーグィシュー」なんて、道ばたで威勢よく叫んでる人達を「なんなの？」と思ったっけ。今日の男性は「ビッグイシューです」とやや控えめな売り方でした。昨日出たばかりの最新号、A4、30ページ、フルカラー、200円。

This afternoon, I saw a guy selling THE BIG ISSUE JAPAN in front of Shinjuku station south exit. I heard that THE BIG ISSUE launched in Japan last year but I've never seen anyone selling the magazines in Tokyo until today. When I first moved to London, I was wondering about those people who were shouting 'Biiiig big big big issue!' or 'BIGissue!' on streets in London. The Japanese guy who I bought it from was rather moderate. The new issue just came out yesterday. A4, 30pages, full colours, ¥200 (£1).

Comments:

nigel (british museum) wrote:

Hi Jun! Is that Dido on the cover? Is she popular in Japan? Yuck! I'm going to try to talk to Silke tonight and find out what we're doing about coming to visit, I've saved my pocket money and want to see all the stuff from your website for real!! Hi to the husband x

Carsten wrote:

Hi Nigel, yes it's Dido, but this is the first time I've seen her in these parts. Yuck! I've been meaning to write to you and Silke about your trip. Instead I keep going on trips myself. But we'll show you everything for real. And I'll write soon, honest!

KEIKO LONDON wrote:

Hello Jun. I'm trying to picture Japanese homeless people selling Big Issue! Are they the well dressed 50 something year old types that lost their big jobs through redundancies? Or are they the drunken nutter types with big beards collecting empty cans?

Jun wrote:

Hi Keiko. They are well dressed (as homeless) 50 something year old types, not nutter one. They look like Japanese alpinists or greengrocers, if you know what I mean.

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