My father was not a collector, but he loves art. So always in my house, I saw art magazines. So, naturally, I joined
the art club in high school. I tried to draw or... paintings and sculptures, those things... but then I found out I'm not good at that, so I decided to watch instead of making. When I was a little kid
I used to collect stamps. I think naturally I'm a collector. So I started to collect
contemporary art 27 years ago. Then I used to hang them in my apartment. I still wanted to show
the collection to my friends, and talk about
those artworks with friends, so I decided to create a viewing space for my collection. That's why I built this house. I asked Tadao Ando, who is a long-time friend of mine, to design this house. I asked him to make this house not practical too much, but I wanted him to create
an artistic house, like a museum or... the house as art. When I started this project, I received very preliminary drawings of the house from Ando. I asked him
whether I could invite some artists to make some
site-specific commission work. Then he said okay, so I talked to Olafur Eliasson. He sent me some ideas. That is very much like this. There are more than 6,300 shiny tiles, made in Copenhagen. He said he was inspired by... volcanic shiny rocks in Iceland. Since then, I'm adding
site-specific commission works, one in two years. So, Tatsuo Miyajima, Lee Bul, and Lee Ufan. This is a work by Lee Ufan, a Korean artist who's living in Japan. He said this stone
represents natural things, and the steel plate
represents manmade things. He said the natural thing is always
more powerful than any manmade thing. So the stone's power has really... pushed back the manmade steel plate. That's why it's curved. He said it should start rusting gradually, so I should come here and use baby oil, once a week maybe, and then gradually it's rusting. So I did it. It becomes very beautiful,
like a Rothko color. Basically, I buy whatever I like. That's why I collect
not only international artists but also Japanese artists, because, as a Japanese,
and as a Japanese collector, I think I'm responsible
to support those people. This is a Morimura. And if you drink it,
you find the nose.