ラグジュアリートラベル誌Conde Nast Traveller December 2023にてヤマモの記事が掲載されております。以前、弊社のDinner Tourに起こしいいただいたコンシェルジュの方がメディアにご紹介し、今回の掲載に至りました。記事は”BIG IN JAPAN”というタイトルで日本各地の最新のコンテンツを取り上げており、その中の”ART AND ARTISTRY（芸術的な食）”の特集で取り上げていただいております。カフェ業態からはじまり、現在はレストランとしてViamver®酵母を活用した革新的発酵の取り組みを続けてきたことがグローバルで評価されたこと、非常に嬉しく思います。ぜひ皆様にも、ヤマモ独自の発酵の世界を味わっていただきたいと思います。
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News of Article Publication_Conde Nast Traveller December 2023
Yamamo is featured in the luxury travel magazine Conde Nast Traveller December 2023. The article was written by a concierge who had been on one of our Dinner Tours and introduced Yamamo to the media. The article is titled “BIG IN JAPAN” and features the latest content from around Japan, including a feature on “ART AND ARTISTRY. The article is titled “BIG IN JAPAN” and features the latest content from around Japan. We are very pleased that our innovative fermentation efforts, which began as a café and now as a restaurant using Viamver® yeast, have been recognized on a global scale. We hope that everyone will enjoy Yamamo’s unique world of fermentation._mediainfo._overseas
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At the other end of the country, in Yuzawa Town in the Akita prefecture, Tohoku, seventhgeneration master miso and soy-sauce maker Yasushi Takahashi has created a fine-dining fermentation restaurant within his family’s 150-yearold brewery. Guests of Audley Travel can discover how Tohoku’s deep winters necessitated its culture of food preservation on a Fermented Foodie Day at Yamamo Miso and Soy Sauce Brewery as part of a new tailormade itinerary in Northern Honshu.
Conde Nast Traveller is one of the most prestigious travel magazines in the United States, published by Conde Nast, a major American publishing company. Conde Nast Traveller annually announces its Readers’ Choice Awards in the form of rankings of categories related to the tourism industry in each country. The awards are presented in the form of “Readers’ Choice Awards”. The awards are widely known both nationally and internationally for selecting hotels that offer the highest quality of service, and are voted on by the readers of the travel magazine. It is also said to be the oldest and most prestigious travel-related reader-submitted ranking.
News of Article Publication_LIXIL eye JANUARY 2023 no.28
LIXIL eye”, an information magazine on architecture and urban development, features the work of Yamamo. Mr. Genta, a grandson of Seiichi Shirai, carefully guides visitors through the architectural complexes left behind by Seiichi Shirai. The article contains information that cannot be found even in books related to Seiichi Shirai. The interview team also visited our company and had a chance to talk with him, including the use of our restaurant, and exchange opinions with him often.
We have been in contact with Mr. Genta since 2010, and we have been working together with him on the tea house, garden, and other stately initiatives. I was deeply moved by the fact that the “Yugen-seki,” which is the basic information about the building and his work with Mr. Genta, will remain as the name of the building.
Many architectural works were born from the relationships with the “masters” that Seiichi Shirai came in contact with in Yuzawa, and they shaped the city. Their work has been handed down to future generations. We are delighted that our work has played a part in this and that we are able to stay close to the community throughout the ages. We will continue to pursue what only we can do, connecting industry and culture. Please take a look at our magazine._mediainfo._magazine
News of Article Publication_LIXIL eye JANUARY 2023 no.28
LIXIL eye”, an information magazine on architecture and urban development, features the work of Yamamo. Mr. Genta, a grandson of Seiichi Shirai, carefully guides visitors through the architectural complexes left behind by Seiichi Shirai. The article contains information that cannot be found even in books related to Seiichi Shirai. The interview team also visited our company and had a chance to talk with him, including the use of our restaurant, and exchange opinions with him often.
We have been in contact with Mr. Genta since 2010, and we have been working together with him on the tea house, garden, and other stately initiatives. I was deeply moved by the fact that the “Yugen-seki,” which is the basic information about the building and his work with Mr. Genta, will remain as the name of the building.
Many architectural works were born from the relationships with the “masters” that Seiichi Shirai came in contact with in Yuzawa, and they shaped the city. Their work has been handed down to future generations. We are delighted that our work has played a part in this and that we are able to stay close to the community throughout the ages. We will continue to pursue what only we can do, connecting industry and culture. Please take a look at our magazine._mediainfo._magazine
Traveling in the City of Architecture Yuzawa/Yokote
Seiichi Shirai’s attempts at vernacular architecture that spread from his relationships with people
Navigator｜Genta Shirai
Seiichi Shirai, considered an unorthodox architect, designed many buildings in the Yuzawa and Yokote areas of southern Akita Prefecture from the late 1940s to the 1960s after World War II. Several of these buildings are still in use today. Yuzawa is also the site where the “Prototype Small House” that Shirai designed in Tokyo was relocated.
The work in Yuzawa and Yokote became the starting point for Shirai’s postwar work. But how was he able to obtain design work when he had no geographical ties to the area? We visited Shirai’s architectural works in this area, which still remain today, guided by Mr. Genta Shirai, grandson of Seiichi Shirai, architect, and Yuzawa City hometown support ambassador.
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Shirai began working on public buildings in his later years, and few of the buildings he designed in his early years can actually be seen. However, in Yuzawa, there are buildings that remain in clusters, and some of them, like ryokan (Japanese-style inns), offer lodging. Why not take advantage of this and use it to revitalize Yuzawa? Mr. Yasushi Takahashi, the seventh-generation owner of Yamamo Miso Soy Sauce Brewery, will be a powerful ally for Mr. Genta. Mr. Takahashi studied architecture at university, and since taking over the family business, he has focused on creating new value for the traditional miso and soy sauce industry, while at the same time promoting community development in the Iwasaki district of Yuzawa City, where he is based.
Since his first visit to Yuzawa when the prototype small house was relocated, Mr. Genta has deepened his connection with the people of the area. My father, Hyosuke, has never brought me to Yuzawa, but I sometimes bring my son here. It’s not that I want him to do architecture in the future, but I wanted to show him something that was born out of my connections with people. My father once came here with my grandfather,” he says.
Shirai has created a number of architectural “objects” in Yuzawa and Yokote based on human connections. Mr. Genta is trying to create “things” in Yuzawa and Yokote based on human connections. In every generation, new movements are born from the connections among people, and Shirai’s legacy in Yuzawa is not limited to buildings alone. (Excerpts from the article)
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Genta Shirai
Born in Tokyo in 1973, Shirai graduated from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tama Art University in 1997. After working for a design firm, he joined the Shirai Seiichi Architectural Institute in 2000. In addition to his work in architecture and interior design, he is also involved in the preservation and utilization of the work of his grandfather, architect Seiichi Shirai. Drawing cityscapes and architecture is his life’s work. He has written and edited several books, including “Shirai Seiichi’s Hands and Eyes” (Kajima Press) and “Shirai Seiichi, Talking about Architecture: Dialogue and Discussion” (Chuokoron Shinsha) He has served as a hometown support ambassador for Yuzawa City in Akita Prefecture since 2020.
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Yamamo Brewery
Design｜Saiji Sato Renovation Design (Yugen-seki)｜Genta Shirai / Shirai Seiichi Architectural Institute, Atelier No.5 Completed｜1878 Renovation (Yugen-seki)｜From 2021 124 Iwasaki, Yuzawa City
The grandiose storefront is surrounded by a redeveloped, circular garden “Senshitsuen” of approximately 3,000 square meters behind a black wall. The first generation began making miso and soy sauce in 1867. Yasushi Takahashi, the seventh generation head of the family, took over the business in 2007. At the same time, he made a major reform of the business in the belief that he wanted to make the business of miso and soy sauce making more attractive. He revamped the packaging and transformed part of his home into a café. He also started a hands-on dinner tour, where dishes made with his own yeast are served one by one in the café-restaurant, the Moromi-gura, and the “Yugen-seki,” a tea room designed by Genta Shirai and named after the calligraphy “Yugen” by Seiichi Shirai, as well as throughout the building. Mr. Takahashi’s challenge continues as he seeks to revitalize the Iwasaki area beyond the promotion of fermented food culture.
LIXIL Eye is an information magazine that explores lifestyle and culture through architecture and urban development, and provides a variety of feature articles that are useful for planning and designing architecture and urban development.
The Discovery Channel, which broadcasts in more than 220 countries, is broadcasting the content of our Yamamo’s Viamver®︎ yeast and other initiatives. It was filmed and edited by a local Akita team and supervised by British producer Daniel Brookes and French filmmaker Yves Montmayeur.
We are very happy that even from a foreigner’s point of view, we were able to have an impact on the discovery of special yeast through experimentation while unraveling the roots of the land and environment of the snow country and the breweries located there, and the reconstruction of a traditional industry through innovative fermentation techniques that take advantage of this yeast.
We believe that indigenous culture and aesthetics unique to a place and its people enrich the landscape of life and become a value to be preserved for the future. Mankind has made the world more colorful by creating a continuum of these things. We would like to contribute to the land and promote our efforts to be part of the beauty of continuity. We hope you will watch the broadcast._mediainfo._overseas_tv
Discovery Channel produces top-quality nonfiction content that brings viewers into the wonder of a world full of diversity and wonder. 224 countries and territories, the network offers a wide variety of genres that shape our world, from science and technology to exploration, adventure and history, and behind-the-scenes looks at people, places and organizations. The network offers a wide variety of genres ranging from behind-the-scenes looks at the people, places, and organizations that shape our world through engaging, high-end production techniques and crisp, clear cinematography.
