Studio Listing (Hikaru) — CREA Yoga Tips Guide, May 2006 (JA)
Publication: CREA — Japanese women’s magazine (Bungeishunju) Issue: 2006/5 (May 2006) Article type: Single-entry studio listing within a multi-studio YOGA TIPS 02 guide (“旬の教室&先生案内”); one line of description + DATA box + interior photo Language: Japanese (confirmed) People named: ひかる (Hikaru) — named as studio instructor; no further details Patrick absent YogaJaya logo: Present (top right — standard placement)
Section context
Section titled “Section context”Section heading (YOGA TIPS 02):
通えば即ヨギー？旬の教室&先生案内
Translation: “Attend and immediately become a yogi? Guide to current studios & teachers”
YogaJaya is one of several studios listed in this guide section. The full guide is not visible; only the YogaJaya entry is captured in the press archive scan.
YogaJaya entry
Section titled “YogaJaya entry”Description (one line):
ひかるさんが講師を務めるスタジオ。
Translation: “A studio where Hikaru serves as instructor.”
DATA box (Aoyama studio)
Section titled “DATA box (Aoyama studio)”☎ 03-5776-3414 参道スタジオ (表参道スタジオ — Omotesando/Aoyama studio) URL: www.yogajaya.com/
Address: 渋谷区神宮前5-47-6 (Jingūmae 5-47-6, Shibuya — Aoyama/Omotesando studio)
Photography
Section titled “Photography”Studio interior photograph: wooden floor, distinctive glass-paneled greenhouse-style sloping roof, natural light. Consistent with the Aoyama studio interior visible in other press photographs. No people in the photo.
Key details
Section titled “Key details”Hikaru as the named face — consistent women’s press pattern
Section titled “Hikaru as the named face — consistent women’s press pattern”Across CREA May 2006, Frau Jan 2006 (J49), Frau Jul 2006 (J51), and In Red Jan 2006 (J46), Hikaru consistently appears as the instructor named in women’s fashion press studio listings and guides for the Aoyama studio. Patrick is absent from J55, J51, and J46; he appears in J49 (Daikanyama focus). The pattern holds through 2006: Hikaru = Aoyama studio face for women’s press; Patrick = philosophical/primary face for feature profiles and men’s/specialist press.
Aoyama studio featured
Section titled “Aoyama studio featured”The DATA box lists the Aoyama/Omotesando studio (神宮前5-47-6). No Daikanyama reference. Consistent with J51 Frau Jul 2006, which also featured the Aoyama studio exclusively for its studio guide format.
”ひかるさんが講師を務めるスタジオ” — descriptor by instructor
Section titled “”ひかるさんが講師を務めるスタジオ” — descriptor by instructor”The description frame (“a studio where Hikaru serves as instructor”) positions the instructor as the entry point rather than the studio brand or philosophy. This is the most instructor-first framing of any archive listing to this point — the studio is introduced via its teacher rather than its name or approach. Consistent with the CREA guide’s likely format: readers are navigating by teachers they know, not brand discovery.
CREA — major women’s magazine
Section titled “CREA — major women’s magazine”CREA (Bungeishunju) is a mainstream women’s general-interest magazine — broader reach than yoga specialist titles (Yogini, Yoga Journal Japan) and lifestyle publications (Sotokoto, Ecocolo). Its inclusion of YogaJaya in a yoga studio guide positions the studio within the mainstream women’s magazine coverage matrix, alongside the Frau and other Kodansha publications documented in this period.
Relevance notes
Section titled “Relevance notes”- May 2006 — same month as Api (J54) and Esquire (J56); part of the consistent May 2006 press cluster
- Brief entry; no new content about the studio or Patrick
- Confirms Hikaru-as-instructor pattern for Aoyama studio in women’s press, consistent with J46, J51
- CREA is a major publication; presence in the guide format is a marker of visibility, even if the entry is brief
Press page relevance
Section titled “Press page relevance”yogajaya-history·scene-context- Tier 3 (archive/contextual): Single-line studio entry; no Patrick; no new philosophical content. Value is in the Hikaru-instructor pattern confirmation, CREA publication context, and Aoyama studio documentation.
Connections
Section titled “Connections”- J51-frau-2006-07 — Frau Jul 2006; Hikaru-focused Aoyama studio profile; compare the brief CREA entry with the fuller Frau treatment of the same studio
- J46-inred-2006-01 — In Red Jan 2006; Hikaru as チーフインストラクター; consistent women’s press pattern
- J56-esquire-2006-05 — same month; Esquire May 2006 profiles Aoyama studio from a men’s magazine perspective; compare the two May 2006 representations of the same studio
- Index: press-archive-index (J55)
- Chronology: yogajaya-press-chronology — 2006 section
Full Text & Translation
Section titled “Full Text & Translation”Transcribed from PDF scan at 150 DPI. Single-page compact studio listing within Crea’s “Yoga Tips” series. Contact details and main copy are legible; body text is too small to read.
原文（日本語）
Section titled “原文（日本語）”セクション： YOGA TIPS 02
大コピー（縦書き）： 通えば即ヨギー！？旬の教室＆先生案内
スタジオ： ヨガジャヤー
キャプション： ひかるさんが講師を務めるスタジオ。
スタジオ情報（部分的に判読可能）： ☎5766-[?] [?]〜[?] 参照スタジオ URL：www.yoga[alaya].com[?]
English Translation
Section titled “English Translation”Section: YOGA TIPS 02
Main copy (vertical): Become a yogi right away by attending!? — Current classes and teacher guide.
Studio: YogaJayā
Caption: A studio where Hikaru serves as instructor.
Studio information (partially legible): ☎5766-[?] [?] – [?] studio reference URL: www.yoga[alaya].com[?]