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 Serge Mouangue
Born 1973 in Yaoundé in Cameroon. At the age of 6 he leaves to live in Paris where he later studies applied arts and design. His studies and his passion for other cultures make him travel to the US, China, Turkey, Mexico and Australia. At the end of his studies he stays in the latter country for a while and travels as artist and freelance designer. The position as a designer at Renault offers him the chance to return to France.
After that he heads for Japan under an exchange with Nissan. He's the creator of the Wafrica concept (the name is a contraction of "wa" for Japan and Africa) |
Serge MouangueMagnificent kimonos with African motifs! This short sentence is rather simplistic and doesn't reflect the reality and profoundness of the work of the creator from Cameroon at all. In fact, Serge Mouangue's creations have a much more marvelous effect.
He was kind enough to grant me some of his time to passionately explain the foundation of Wafrica, the concept of the creation and his vision of Japan
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 "Miso no Kyutei", Miyoko Toyonaga, miso sommelier
The popular female owner of "Miso no Kyutei" founded in 1955.
She is called miso sommelier. There are lots of customers often coming to the shop just because they are attracted by the sommelier's character, who runs the shop wearing a "nejirihachimaki", a twisted towel tied around her head and a "hanten", a traditional Japanese outfit worn by merchants. |
"Will you make misosoup for me forever?" was at a time the standard phrase among men when proposing. The fact that the word "miso" was used as the beginning of a couple's most important event only shows how deeply rooted it is in Japanese everyday life. Recently miso is getting more and more famous overseas as healthy food from Japan. I find myself is the interview that took place at "Miso no Kyutei", Kameido in Tokyo, a shop which has been selling miso, a major Japanese food culture, for more than 50 years.
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