Readers of the Yokohama Seasider may remember our having written before about Renjo, the father of modern photography in Japan who opened the first studio in Noge roughly a hundred years ago. Photographic technology, though (more…)
September, 2011:
Razzo
It’s tough to get good Italian food without overpaying for it. Cheap knock offs abound, of course, and tend to be so bad you might as well have microwaved a pizza at home. Sometimes a formal feast in an opulent restaurant with tuxedoed (more…)
BeerFes Yokohama
We’ve mentioned several times over the last year or so that Yokohama is quickly becoming the craft beer capital of Japan. The metropolitan area has more craft beer bars per capita than any other major city and, by the end of the year, there will (more…)
Minoya Arare
Minoya Arare started out as a Yokohama family business and still is. Since 1927 they’ve been producing their own rice-cracker mixes based on family recipes. They’ve grown over the decades, though, now boasting forty-three employees and (more…)
Three Young Artists
From the “Artists of Today Exhibition” (1964 to 2005) through the “New Artists Exhibition” (2006 to 2010), the Yokohama Civic Art Gallery has been showcasing an array of work from modern artists to support the discovery and appreciation of (more…)
The Potential of Photography
by Kondo Hiromitsu
I recently talked about “Encountering Arles through Photography” with a Dark Room International member who visited the festival in the French town of the same name. This festival was a pioneering event 40 years ago, and paved the way for (more…)