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Cyclical Medium – Remembering the Horiuchi Family
Azumi Setoda invites Kazuomi Eshima and Masahiko Takeda (Laatry) to present a sound installation titled “Cyclical Medium – Remembering the Horiuchi Family” that touches on the history of Ikuchishima...
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A Place To Rely On
By foot we can walk roughly 4 kilometers per hour. It may be a challenge, but if one walks half the day they can cover 50 kilometers. Surely the various other available means of transportation can...
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Faint Waves
The Seto Inland Sea is an oceanic main artery for transportation, trade, and exchange of culture in Japan, and even the continent of Asia. In the present day, its famously calm waters cast a veil on...
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Setoda’s Warm Winter Light
The captain of the fishing boat climbs down a thin metal ladder that leans against the cement wall that drops down from the pavement from the sea. Below, a boat that bathes in the morning light rocks...
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Ryokan Ingredients
Centuries ago, the Setoda port established itself as a site of trade: exports included locally produced goods such as salt, and rare ingredients would arrive from both across Japan and from...
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Welcome Rituals
Azumi Setoda embodies both the tastes of its former aruji when it was Horiuchi-tei, as well as the new facilities envisioned by Yoshi, the new aruji. The Azumi Setoda team includes locals and those...
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March 1st, 2021
Whirlpools form like fiddlehead ferns in the gentle waters by Setoda port. Emerging around coves and channels, they are induced by tidal currents, and signal the hidden drama beneath the surface. The...
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Year-end Greetings and Event Report
There are only a few hours left in the year 2023.We have been supported by many customers this year and would like to express our deepest gratitude to all of our customers. From mid-summer to early...
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Third anniversary celebration event “Rinkan Chanoyu”.
The patriarch of the Horiuchi family, who had a tea ceremony room in his own residence and left behind numerous tea ceremony utensils, and Shiro Miura, a student of the Enshu school of tea ceremony...
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