| If there was any type of identification or text on or near the mural, I placed that below the photograph to give credit to the conceptual artists and their assistants as much as possible. Unfortunately, by doing it this way some taggers may be credited for work that is not theirs, but it is the best I can do with the little information I have. —Kat From "My Travelogue Manga of Japan (Sans Drawings)," by Kat Avila, Sequential Tart, May 2006, 27 March 2006 entry: That evening, on my way to the youth hostel, I am shocked to discover a particular mural/graffiti wall. In 1992, I interviewed Chicano muralist Victor Ochoa about his month-long trip to Yokohama to paint a mural. The project was part of the San Diego-Tijuana-Yokohama Art Exchange that celebrated the 35th anniversary of the Yokohama-San Diego sister city pact. This very wall beneath the Sakuragi-cho Station was where Latino muralists Victor Ochoa, Richard Martinez, Roberto Salas, and Ruben Seja had joined Japanese muralists such as Rocco Satoshi, Satoru Uehara, and Morimasa Sagaya to paint. The original murals are long gone. |
 At the youth hostel, a crayon drawing on how to use a traditional Japanese toilet. |
 across the street from the train station |
 MURAL REVIVAL EXPERIMENT ART-16 YOKOHAMA 2004 |
 ROCCO OCT. 17-23(?), 2004 |
 ROCCO OCT. 9, 2004 |
 tiger (sumi-e-style mural) |
 students in traditional uniforms with their heads on lily pads(?) totem pole of heads to the right of it |
 Heiwa no Fūga (Elegance of Peace) ciro in etrusco, sept 2004 very thanks • aco, aya, ryoma, saci, tae, yuki |
 THE GREAT ART SWINDLE! FIT YOUR ROCK AYU, SEP 2004 Hina, Bunny, Umi, Sora, Nao, (?)aco, Kazuya, Fūji, Kingo |
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 ..ILLUSION.. |
 99 CHILLIN GROOVE FUNKY KANE |
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 TAKESHI SHINYA! |
 TO..THANK.BEAT.. SGAxARK SCPxMGY |
 Scacrew kreS BaSk ..ILLUSION.. |
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 CANT "B" STOPPED... |
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 "Your smile always makes me happy..." is above the Santa hat in the next mural over. |
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 KONNICHIWA Itada...kimāsu. (GOOD AFTERNOON I'm eating, thank you.) |
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 ..IZ MEETS AHZ!!.. WOM |
 MADE IN JAPAN |
 Princess Mononoke kuni |
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The writing on the wall says: "I will then turn 20 on September 24st [sic]. / If on that day, this piece of art was / still left and you could come to see it [?]. / ... and if we would still be going out together / [?] these feelings" [The rest was covered up by later graffiti.] | |||
