Ichiko Aoba's Windswept Adan
You can see the Japanese singer and songwriter Ichiko Aoba nude in the cover of her album Windswept Adan.
There's the album cover and the full version of the picture, plus a slightly different angle which was used for promoting a concert, as well as the photograph that appears on the inside of the double LP.
Here's what she had to say about swimming nude:
Japanese:
Interviewer: 裸で泳いでみたくなるような美しい海ですね。
Ichiko Aoba: ぜひそうしてください。怒る人がいないときを見計らって(笑)。ぜんぜんちがいますよ。波などを遮るものが ないので、どんどん感覚が開いていって、〈次の波はこういう強さでくるな〉とか、だんだんわかってくるんで すね。泳ぎなんてできないと思っていたのに、素潜りをしていると身体の動かし方がわかってきて、自由に泳げ るようになりました。学校で教わる泳ぎ方じゃなくて、ただ身体をくねらすだけでも、ちゃんと波に乗れるよう になったんです
English (Google-Translated):
Interviewer: The sea is so beautiful that it makes you want to swim naked.
Ichiko Aoba: "Please do so. Just wait until there's no one around to get angry (laughs). It's completely different. There's nothing to block the waves, so your senses open up and you gradually start to understand things like, 'the next wave will be about this strong.' I thought I couldn't swim, but when I was skin diving, I learned how to move my body, and I was able to swim freely. It wasn't the swimming technique they taught me at school, but just by twisting my body, I was able to ride the waves properly."
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