PILGRIM
SURF+SUPPLY
KYOTO

OPENING
JUNE 11, 2020

1F ShinPuhKan, 586-2,Karasumadori
Aneyakoji-sagaru Banocho,
Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

LIFE DELIGHTS IN LIFE  PILGRIM SURF+SUPPLY KYOTO  PHOTOGRAPHS BY CHRIS GENTILE

Life delights in life.

So English poet and
my hero William Blake wrote.

This phrase asks us many questions.
How do you define life?
What is delight?
Does your life delight in life you are living?
Or life around you?

When we opened the first Pilgrim shop in Brooklyn,
we placed four words at
the core of the brand's philosophy.
Art, life, work and leisure.
These four concepts are often intertwined when
you dedicate your life to work that you find joy in.
You spend most of your life,
every waking hour you have working.
But it is all about the balance.
It is about finding the time to decompress and
put yourself in a place
you can have your own thoughts away from
your normal surroundings.
With Pilgrim, we wanted to create an environment that
inspires people to try new things, and
find their own boundary and go over them.
We wanted to give people the opportunity to
appreciate subtle, small things such as a garment,
a song, or a work of art.

Kyoto is an unusual place to open a surf shop.
It is inland, far from the beach.
Still, you find surfers everywhere.
And those who enjoy hiking, climbing and camping.
When you live in the city,
these activities are what you dream about,
keep you alive,
and give you the reason to push forward.
You work and live for that moment.
I hope Pilgrim Kyoto will be the place
people can come to just to get the feelings of it,

BY CHRIS GENTILE