The second installment of our excursion by Renault Twingo to Parisian landmarks is a driving tour of secret addresses of Parisians.

Start at the Arc de Triomphe , which is with the history of Automobile!

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arch of triumph

A commemorative photo in front of the Arc de Triomphe. It is a picturesque place and a car.

Bonjour!" Mr. Orelian, a young Parisian who just turned 30 years old, is already the owner of his own restaurant.

. today I'm going to show you some of my favorite addresses in Paris , from the Right Bank to the Left Bank. I invite you to see a Paris that you won't find in any guidebook."

The Arc de Triomphe, which Mr. Orelian chose to meet at, is not only a landmark of Paris, but also a place closely associated with the history of automobilism.

. When cars were still the privilege of a few, driving down the Arc de Triomphe to and from the Champs-Elysées was a symbol of status. The Automobile Club, a members-only club founded in 1895, still exists on the Place de la Concorde just below the Arc de Triomphe.

Cars driving around a roundabout with no lanes. This is a scene that is almost unheard of in Japan.

From the Arc de Triomphe, passing through the Opera area, the goal is the Canal Saint-Martin. The streets of Paris, with their orange "Twingos" running through them, are a masterpiece of the 19th century "remodeling of Paris": in the 1850s, Georges Haussmann, then governor of the Seine, swept away medieval Paris, with its narrow alleys and low-rise buildings, to create the boulevards we see today and the stone architecture we see today.

. cobblestone streets and stone Osmanian architecture.
The bright orange "Twingo" looks great in the blue-gray Parisian streets.

The architecture, with its white stone walls and elaborate ironwork balconies, is what is known as the Osmanian style. Parisians love the Osmanian style!　In the 1970s, there was a period when politicians tried to modernize the city, but Parisians were against scrap-and-build and still preserve the 19th century streetscape.

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Altazar Bookstore

The exterior of the building is colored in bright red. It is only in the streets of Paris that this does not look strange.

Well, here we are!" Orelian pulls up in front of a bright red store. This is the bookshop "Altazar.

Here, on the Canal Saint-Martin, there is a unique community. It's village-like, in the best sense of the word, and the residents are very relaxed neighbors.

It has been about 10 years since I started calling them "bourgeois bohemians," or "bobos. Although they share the same high level of education and income as the traditional bourgeois, the bobos are not attached to money and prefer a free lifestyle.

The center of the Canal Saint-Martin area, where Bobo and his friends live, is Altazar. Not only does it have an interesting selection of books and goods, but it also hosts many events, such as book signings with invited artists.

Upon entering the store, Orelian eagerly flips through the books. The lineup includes a variety of books ranging from art to literature.

Art books, photography books, cookbooks ... "Altazar" is a place where you can find books that are beautiful enough to be placed as objects and whose pages you can turn and look at for hours.

The store has an interesting assortment of not only books, but also related products related to the themes of the books it handles, so it is always a pleasure to visit! Please take a look when you travel to Paris. I think you will understand what Parisians are interested in just by being here.

Discover Japanese books!　For the French, who often choose books as gifts, it is important to have a bookstore that carries beautiful books.