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YogaJaya Opens in Aoyama — M Magazine, Oct 2004 (JA)

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Publication: M Magazine (Japanese lifestyle/city magazine) Issue: 2004/10 (October 2004) Article type: Brief listing — studio opening announcement with photo Language: Japanese (confirmed) People named: None (Patrick not named) YogaJaya logo: Present (top right — same branded-content placement as other early listings)

Full text (JA original and translation)

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Headline: アフターヨガも楽しめる YogaJayaが青山にオープン (YogaJaya Opens in Aoyama — You Can Also Enjoy After-Yoga)

Body:

色々なヨガのスタイルを自分に合ったレベルで90分間指導してくれる。隣接する「ラスチカス」でクラスの後には食事やお茶など、アフターヨガも楽しめる。渋谷区神宮前5-47-6 詳しくはwww.yogajaya.com

Translation:

“Teaching various yoga styles suited to your level for 90 minutes. After class you can enjoy meals, tea, and other after-yoga activities at the adjacent ‘Laschikas.’ Shibuya-ku Jingumae 5-47-6. For details: www.yogajaya.com”

Key details

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  • Studio address: 渋谷区神宮前5-47-6 (Shibuya-ku Jingumae 5-47-6) — Aoyama/Omotesando district; this is the original YogaJaya location
  • 「ラスチカス」 (Laschikas): Adjacent restaurant/café where students could eat or have tea after class; named explicitly — the earliest press mention of this after-yoga dining arrangement, which became part of YogaJaya’s identity
  • “色々なヨガのスタイルを自分に合ったレベルで90分間”: Various yoga styles suited to your own level, 90-minute format — consistent with all other early press positioning
  • Photos: Two images — exterior (glass-covered entryway/courtyard) and interior (open wooden-floor space with lighting) — earliest photographic documentation of the Aoyama studio in the press archive
  • October 2004 date: This is the earliest article in the entire press archive; the studio was new or newly announced
  • Patrick not named; no teacher biographical content; no methodology discussion

Relevance notes

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  • Chronologically first article in the archive — October 2004 opening announcement for the Aoyama location
  • The Laschikas café connection is a recurring detail in YogaJaya’s early identity: the studio was not just a practice space but part of an integrated lifestyle destination (yoga + food + community)
  • Multi-style, level-appropriate, 90-minute format already established as the core offering from day one
  • M magazine is a general Japanese city/lifestyle title — this is YogaJaya’s first known media appearance, in a non-yoga-specialist publication

Press page relevance

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  • yogajaya-history · scene-context
  • Tier 3 (archive/contextual): Brief opening announcement; no quotes; no named individuals; historically significant as the chronologically earliest press item in the archive
  • Not a press page hero item, but useful as a founding-era timestamp and the only early photographic documentation of the Aoyama studio

Connections

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