Yokohama is ever-changing. So it is with all cities. But the transformation of central Yokohama has been fast over the past decade. One of the Seasider’s co-founders, My Huynh (our original designer), remarked on this when she recently returned for the first time in many years. She could hardly recognize Sakuragicho (we hear this from many). One thing, she said, hadn’t changed: people were friendly and attitudes, laid-back. Yokohama, however much you change, may your soul stay mellow!