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最初に個展したときよりも随分作品のスタイル変わったよね。来年も何か一緒にやろうよ!

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Your art work style has been changed quite a bit. Look forward to having your show next year too!

As the forth guest, the owner of Ben's cafe where I've done my shows three times at. She always cares about sending out useful information to customers besides just serving a cup of coffee.

May I have your name?
Yoshiko Toyama.

Where you are from?
Tokyo. Was born and raised in Kamiochiai, so I like this (Takadanobaba) neighboarhoods very much.

What you do for living?
Own a cafe.

What interests you besides work?
Johnny Depp! (laugh)

How long you've opened your wall to artists?
Since this cafe has started, September 1996.

These days there are so many cafes in town open their walls for artists, but where you get this idea from in the first place?
We've been thinking of NY style cafe (NYS) and in other words, NYS is European style, which French or Italian people open their cafe in NY. The European cafe has supported artist for long time and people exchange view and culture there. We wanted to bring those atomosphere as well here.

How many artists have had show here so far?
My, my, lots! Once every two weeks for 11 years, so... [note from CT: 330 shows by my calculation]

So you are like "mother of artists," aren't you.
...well, I'd rather be called "older sister," not "mother." (laugh)

Terribly sorry (laugh). But besides wall, you always organize regular events like poetry reading, Igo lesson, DJ nite, etc. It's nice for customers to have something extra and fun.
To send out culture requires to receive/accept cultures to be ready. That bulletin board also can be useful to get info if you are looking for something.

I see.
We're not posh restaurant or anything. We're casual cafe to say "hi, how are you today?" That's how we comminicate with customers.

Thank you very much for today. Look forward to having my show at your cafe again soon.
(November.23, 2007)

Link
Ben's cafe
www.benscafe.com


Guests:
#1 Andrew (graphic design and photography)
#2 Robert (comming soon: pottery critic and tennis player)
#3 u.g. (IT network consulting, DJ, and beer)
#4 Yoshiko (cafe owner and curation)
#5 Bryan B. (coming soon: beer brewer and history)
#6: Sumie (coming soon: writer and triathon)
#7: Yuki (graphic design and hand-made ribbon bag)
#8: You?

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