Description

A collection of photographs introducing 34 jazz kissa across Japan taken from 2022 to 2023. "Memories of jazz kissa in 2022-2023", including shops that have already closed. A photo book that is a sequel to "Jazz Kissa 2014" Vol.1 and Vol.2, which introduced a total of 136 jazz kissa in eastern Japan.

This book is a photo book, so there are no text articles. The table of contents and store address in Japanese and English are posted.

Up until now, we had published three photo books, “JAZZ KISSA 2014” Vol.1 & Vol.2, and “JAZZ KISSA 2015-2019.” There had never been a collection of photos published in Japan that solely captured Jazz Kissa, and this whole project was really a shot at making a “world’s first”, so I never expected the response to such an eccentric series of books to be so great. “JAZZ KISSA 2022-2023” will be the fourth work, and the reason why there isn’t an installation named “JAZZ KISSA 2020-2021” is because I was unable to cover even a single Jazz Kissa during the COVID-19 pandemic. For that span of two years, I didn’t even step foot into a normal cafe or restaurant, even once. That was because I was afraid of getting infected myself, or spreading the infection to my family or to aging shop owners. However, in 2024, few people are concerned anymore. COVID-19 hasn’t gone extinct, and the world hasn’t gone back to normal, but it at least seems I can go around and cover Jazz Kissa like back in 2019 and earlier. The COVID-19 pandemic caused severe damage to restaurants around the world, and many have closed their doors, but  few Jazz Kissa in Japan have actually closed due to the pandemic. A much bigger problem in Japan is the aging owners and aging buildings. Fortunately, however, the number of new Jazz Kissa being created by the younger generation, as well as regular customers of Jazz Kissa reaching out to continue them as volunteers, is increasing, and about one-third of the 34 cafes featured in this book are run by new owners who have emerged in the past few years.

   Previously, each location took up two pages, but this time we decided to halve the number of locations listed and instead use four pages for each. This may have made the book more powerful and appealing than the previous three.

  

JAZZ KISSA 2022 -2023   List of 34 stores in total

 《IWATE perfecture》Jazz Time Johnny

《MIYAGI perfecture》Paragonian

《TOKYO》Slow Boat/Player’ s Bar R /Ella &Louis/tonlist 

《Niigata perfecture》Jazz Flash/Swan/A7/Bird

《SHIZUOKA perfecture》Mam’selle

 《AICHI perfecture 》Aoneko/ Varirela / London House/Good Bait

 《MIE perfecture 》Doji House/Bogard /Swing(Closed in 2024)

《Nara perfecture》Ellington

 《KYOTO》 Yamatoya/Train/Hanaya/Hachi Record Shop&Bar

《Osaka》Long Walk Coffee/Dear Lord/ Sway/Sub/Tipografia

《Hyogo perfecture》M&M/Stage

《OKAYAMA perfecture 》Gojitoma

《EHIME perfecture》Maniana/Jug/Ron 

Dimensions: 210mm×278mm