Yokohama Chinatown
A day in Yokohama Chinatown: red glow, dense streets, symbols. Signage, thresholds, and compressed space. 2024.
Yokohama Chinatown — 2024.
Gates & details
Between the main streets, the district shows its structure: gates, corners, textures, and fragments of ritual.
What matters here isn’t “exoticism”, but how a place builds an atmosphere through symbols and repetition.
Streets & lanterns
At night, everything turns into surface: red glow, reflective menus, neon edges.
I kept the frames simple—front-facing signs, repeated patterns, and small pauses inside the crowd.
Details & notes
- Location: Yokohama Chinatown (Chūkagai), Yokohama
- Time: afternoon / night (for lantern light and contrast)
- Focus: signage, thresholds (gates), compression of space
- Approach: wide shot for crowd density, tight frames for textures and symbols