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Yoshidamachi has quite a few excellent bars and restaurants for such a small area, with the fairly new Wa Barrel adding to the neighborhood’s entertainment appeal. Following the success of Barrel Pod just a block away, the owners opened this second location. Its emphasis is wine and sake, though the cocktail and food menu is notable, too. The bar is also open until 5:00 a.m. No, it’s not so people can get drunk and rowdy into the early hours of morning; it’s not that kind of bar. Rather, the subdued ambience helps create a space suitable for unwinding after a…
Winter Veggies and Macaroni Minestrone Soup (serves 6) onion 1 carrot ½ stick turnip 3 Chinese cabbage ⅛ head daikon ⅛ potatoes 2 bacon 100g garlic 1tsp paprika powder 10g oregano 5g thyme 20g bay leaf 2 whole canned tomatoes 300ml (seeds removed and mashed with a fork) water 500ml white wine 100ml macaroni 100g (pre-boiled) fresh cream 100ml salt to taste pepper to taste butter 30g 1. Peel all the vegetables and cut into 1cm cubes. Repeat with the bacon. 2. Add 400ml of water, 100ml of white wine, vegetable peels, and 1 bay leaf to a pot and…
tuna 100g octopus 100g garlic, grated 1 clove whole-grain mustard 1 tbsp Cajun spice as desired sugar 3g salt 2g apple vinegar 50ml olive oil 150ml tabasco a dash lemon juice ½ lemon wakame as desired red onion, sliced ¼ onion minced chives as desired Directions Cut tuna and octopus into bite-sized chunks. Lightly roll in salt To the grated garlic, add (in order) mustard, Cajun spice, sugar, salt, vinegar, and olive oil. Mix thoroughly. Add wakame and sliced onion and mix well. Sprinkle with chives.
“Yokohama is relatively small, so we all need to get together to achieve something greater,” asserts Masamichi Maeda, executive director of Kitamura K2, the famous handbag store in Yokohama’s Motomachi district. Active on multiple fronts, Maeda works tirelessly to preserve and spread the culture of Yokohama to the world. Displaced to Nagoya during World War II, he returned to his hometown of Yokohama after it ended. He started a career in photography once he graduated from a local art school. Often journeying to Italy for photo shoots, he became attracted to the distinct culture the country offered. His first forray…
If you are a train buff or a model fanatic, the Hara Model Railway Museum in Yokohama should be on your list of must visits. Even if you aren’t, you will still find much to harken you back to your childhood. Such attention is paid to detail that it’s hard to discern pictures of the models from actual trains. From the appearance of the scenery and the railcars right down to the sounds that the trains make, everything has an extraordinarily realistic feel. Two authentic conductor’s chairs allow visitors to take the controls of an engine and experience rolling down…
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Written by: Shane Meiklejohn Have you ever woken one night in a sweat from a horrific nightmare? All of us are somehow fearful of something: the dark, a hollow whistling wind or a bizarre animal crying in the night!! The Haunting of Hill House takes us into the very fears and psychosis of six individuals who spend the night in a haunted mansion as an experiment. It features a neurotic recluse, a sassy clairvoyant, a carefree young heir, a distinguished professor of the paranormal, a domineering spiritualist and her henpecked associate. Written in 1959 as a suspenseful novel by famed…
Exhibit: January 30 (Sat) – April 3 (Sun), 2016 (closed thursdays) Known the world over for his fusion of contemporary art and traditional Japanese painting, contemporary artist Takashi Murakami reveals his private collection at the Yokohama Museum of Art later this month. Having just launched his mind bending “The 500 Arhats” exhibit at the Mori Art Museum in Roppongi in October, the “Superflat Collection” exhibits a wide array of material that shows Murakami’s unique aesthetic sensibilities. The “Superflat Collection” displays a variety of contemporary art, European antiques, folk art, and traditional Japanese and Asian artifacts, thus transcending strict hierarchical divisions…
Up until now the otherwise lively main strip of Isezakicho Mall has been a dead zone for craft beer in this city where it flourishes. Thankfully, one of the area’s newest bars, Synchronicity, has changed that. This brightly lit, relatively spacious bar in the heart of the city is yet another place where you can try some of Japan’s best brews. Previously located above Craft Beer Bar in the Kannai area, owner Fukamachi Keiichi took notice of the growing popularity of craft beer and decided to go that route when they relocated. The bar currently offers six rotating craft beers…