A small gallery located on the winding Yatozaka slope in Yokohama Yamate
Enter an artistic space!
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A quiet and cozy space that makes you want to stop by halfway up the slope
Art Gallery Yamate
Yatozaka leads to Yokohama Yamate Hill, where Minato-no-Mieru Park and exotic Western-style buildings stand. A little away from the hustle and bustle of the city bustling with tourists, in a quiet place where time flows slowly, you will find Art Gallery Yamate, a gallery with windows overlooking the slope. It occupies a room in a renovated building that was once a weekly apartment for foreigners.
On the day of the interview, a "Two-person Metalwork and Woodwork Exhibition" was being held.
On the stairs leading to the gallery entrance, we were greeted by Nora-chan (nicknamed Suzuki-san), a cute local resident. (Although she ran away right away... it was good timing!)
As soon as you step inside the gallery, you'll find a small, cozy white space that is not too large, giving visitors a sense of comfort.
Soft natural light pours in through the large windows facing the slope, breathing life into each of the exhibited works. It's as if you've been invited into the artist's own room.
You can see greenery outside the window, which is especially pleasant on sunny days!
Now, we asked the two artists who were in the "Metalwork and Woodwork Two-Person Exhibition" that was being held at the time of our interview about the appeal of this gallery! The two are currently graduate students working on metalwork and woodwork, respectively. They had previously said that they "wanted to create an opportunity to exhibit their work together in the Kanto region someday," and this time, during their summer vacation, they finally made their exhibition a reality. Congratulations!!
"This was my first time using Art Gallery Yamate, but it's in a really nice location. The space really highlights three-dimensional objects, so I'm very happy that it's easy to exhibit my works," said metalwork artist Atsushi Tajima (pictured right). Woodwork artist Souma Todoroki also expressed his satisfaction, saying, "We both make completely different things. We use different materials, but I think we were able to bring it all together because of the white-based space."
Atsushi Tajima
Todoroki Souma
This gallery exhibits a wide variety of works across a variety of categories, including sculpture, painting, photography, pottery, and textiles. The artists who visit the gallery range from men and women of all ages, from people over 80 to university students, as in this case. We spoke to the owner and gallery owner, Kayoko Furuichi.
"If you go up this Yatozaka, you will find many tourist spots such as the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Modern Literature, cultural facilities, foreign cemeteries, and Yamate Western-style buildings. We have placed gallery flyers in various places, so many people who enjoy each of them will stop by our gallery after realizing that there was a gallery here. Our gallery is used by a wide range of artists, but we also strive to nurture young artists, as we did this time, and hope to be of some help to them. We hope you will drop by and visit us."
If you look downhill from the gallery window, you can see Yokohama Marine Tower. Art Gallery Yamate is surrounded by the beautiful scenery of Yokohama. When you are strolling around Yokohama Yamate, a place everyone longs to visit, be sure to stop by this small gallery halfway up the slope.
