After several busy months since the new year, you might feel tired. Why not treat yourself to some natural wine and delicious food? Wine Bar Moo is located in a back alley off Dōbutsuen-dori street in Noge, and is the perfect place for you to recharge. Signs placed both inside and outside the bar say, “More than 2 but less than 10 glasses”. Owner Jun Kusayanagi cheerfully welcomes you to his bar. He opened Moo in 2016. Born and raised in Yokohama, he had been working as a waiter from his days as a student until opening his own place.…
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If only the education of all young children could be this rich and varied! At least Bharti Chandiramani (aka “Ms. Bharti”), the Principal and Head Teacher of Yokohama Sai International School, is striving to make it available to more children in the city. She has exciting plans for her affordable preschool (and afterschool program) and a really good track record of success so far. Ms. Bharti came to Yokohama 14 years ago with her husband who was previously a Saint Maur student and who later returned here for work. Eager to do something, she discovered there were opportunities in teaching.…
According to a Japanese government national survey, one in every 50 people in the working-age population has difficulty living and is isolated from social life. The major causes of this problem aren’t only rooted in their school or social life. The pandemic was a factor, and people in many age groups have had to leave employment to care for their family members, due to the low birth rate and aging society. K2 International Japan, located in Negishi, has been helping young people with these problems become independent since it was established 35 years ago. Katsuo Kanamori, the company’s leader, used…
If you have been to Gōra (or its vicinity), you will have noticed, high on a hillside across the valley, a forest clearing in the shape of the Chinese character “大”, read “dai”. The hillside is a flank of Myōjōgatake, one of the two summits explored in this article. Take a bus from Hakone Yumoto Station to Miyagino-bashi. Signs to Myōjōgatake are clear except at the first cross-roads, where the ambiguously placed sign should actually be directing you to the right. After about ten minutes’ walk, the paved road changes to gravel, and a couple of minutes after that, the…
For many people the end of the year is a time of reflection (perhaps regrets), while the new year always seems like an opportunity for goal-setting and renewed hope. Did you make any New Year’s resolutions? What do you hope to accomplish? Share your goals and dreams with others! Positivity has a way of multiplying. We at the Seasider hope we can bring you more pages and richer content this year. Through your support and the support of our sponsors, we will!
Located about an eight-minute walk from Keikyū Minami-Ōta station, Yokohama Suzuki-ya is near the end of Don Don shopping street. It looks like an ordinary local liquor store that you might find in your neighborhood, but once you step inside, you’ll be astounded by the variety of the bottles filling up the shelves. There’s a wide range of Japanese sake and shōchū (a distilled liquor), as well as wine and craft beer, including imported and domestic brands. The third-generation owner, Takashi Suzuki, welcomes every customer with a charming smile. If you love drinking, you’re in utopia! The family has been…
After climbing a gentle slope in Midori-ku, you’ll find “Nagomi (753) Village,” with a Japanese-style house, shop, and gallery. Occasional markets and other events take place here, attracting local residents in the Nakayama area. The main attraction is “Qin Café 753,” inside a refurbished old folk house. Looming over the roof is a huge cherry tree, nearly one hundred years old. Kazuki Tsuji, the owner of the cafe, has two decades of experience in French cuisine. According to Tsuji, during his training in France, he reconsidered the charms of Japanese food culture, especially the traditional seasoning, shōyu (soy sauce). Upon…
Yokohama has been Japan’s first international gateway since its port was opened to the world in 1859. To this day, the city is committed to attracting a diverse range of individuals and businesses from across the world, as well as to encouraging open innovation and creative human resources within the city. With this model in mind, the City of Yokohama’s International Relations Division and Policy Department has established and organized the new international convention Y-SHIP (Yokohama – Showcasing Highly Innovative Pioneers) to aid new citizens or businesses wishing to establish roots in Yokohama. In March 2023, the inaugural event was…
For some, a magazine can seem quaint, a curious media relic of a bygone age. What’s their value in a time of podcasts, streaming video, social media, or websites? For me, their relevance has only grown as technology has advanced perhaps more quickly than our laws and ethics (and brains) can keep up. I’ve been working on magazines since my first job in the late 1990s. I feel like I have some perspective. When I founded the Yokohama Seasider over 14 years ago, people were already saying that magazines were dead because of the digital age. Many magazines did disappear.…