Yokohama abounds with jazz bars, especially the Noge and Kannai areas. One of them, called Down Beat, has been running since 1956 and we can see why. It is affordable, casual, romantic and packed with thousands of jazz records. (more…)
March, 2011:
Natural Food’s Co.
Natural Food’s Co. is nestled away on the back street behind Ishikawa-cho station, serving up what its name suggests: natural foods and beverages. This warm and inviting café also connects to a lovely florist shop, though you won’t find the (more…)
Book Café Fushin
Book Café Fushin is wedged between two buildings on a tiny backstreet branching off from Noge Saka-dori, the main road leading up to the central library. At first glance, it looks just like someone’s old house. When we visited, the first Spring (more…)
Officially, Yokohama
by Ry Beville
In this, our third and final report on Yokohama Goods, I take a look at some of the physical products (as opposed to consumable foods) that were submitted to the contest last year. As with the food and beverage items, there was a lot of (more…)
Ichikawa Toru 市川徹
by Sugano Yasuyo
The movie “Sakura Sakura” about the life of samurai chemist Takamine Jokichi debuts in theaters March 5th. He was a renowned individual credited for discovering adrenaline and Taka-diastase, a digestive enzyme, 125 years ago. This movie (more…)
Honmoku Sancho Park
by Ry Beville
Honmoku Sancho Park is a huge oasis of flora and quiet in the west of Naka-ku. Comprised of several connecting hilltops with ample trees and grassy lawns, the park explodes with color in the Spring. Also, numerous parts of the park, including (more…)
Nakatani Michiko at the Yokohama Museum of Art
As a part of its program to support budding artists, the Yokohama Museum of Art is hosting an exhibition of Nakatani Michiko’s work starting March 4th. (more…)
Transparent Specimen 透明標本
by Ry Beville
Tomita’s creatures, made transparent, their skeletal systems and organs given neon colors, are works of art to some. Their beauty is both obvious and magical, their allure, greater than most of what passes for art. To others, the beauty is the (more…)
A Conversation on Shimo’oka Renzo, the Father of Japanese Photography 下岡蓮杖物語舞台上演記念スペシャルインタビュー
With film producer Sawano Hakaru and Darkroom International’s Kondo Hiromitsu (more…)
Photo Yokohama
by Kondo Hiromitsu
During part of January and February, culture facilities throughout Yokohama participated in “Photo Yokohama,” a month-long event celebrating photography in Yokohama. Were you able to attend any of the events that kicked off in this hotbed (more…)