Café Kanazawa-en, Yokohama: Literary Echoes in A Seaside Inn

The tiled roof adds gravity to the structure. (© Kawaguchi Yōko)

The elegant entryway. (© Kawaguchi Yōko)

The roof, supported for a century by the same columns and beams, has a skylight. (© Kawaguchi Yōko)

Banana tart and coffee. The cup and saucer are custom-made, in use since the building’s time as a restaurant. (© Kawaguchi Yōko)

The great hall upstairs is surrounded by the green of the garden. (© Kawaguchi Yōko)

Yosano Akiko and Tekkan often stayed in this room. (© Kawaguchi Yōko)

The calligraphy above the tokonoma was gifted to the current proprietor’s great-grandfather by Prince Kan’in Kotohito, who was also an army general. (© Kawaguchi Yōko)

Celebrating the completion of the framework of the new Kanazawa-en. (© Kawaguchi Yōko)

The changing room for the bathing facilities. Note the beautiful handbasins. (© Kawaguchi Yōko)

Left: Sinks on the left in the hall. Right: Communal bathing facilities with stained glass and wall mosaic intact. (© Kawaguchi Yōko)

The second floor, where the main hall and guest rooms were. (© Kawaguchi Yōko)

Left: A wall clock and a photograph of the Mangetsu on opening day. Right: These five dogs watch over the café. (© Kawaguchi Yōko)