So, I work with these on a daily basis, but I never wondered where the name came from.
The initials you see on darn near every zipper you own stand for Yoshida Kōgyō Kabushikigaisha, which translates into “Yoshida Manufacturing Corporation.” The company is named after Tadao Yoshida, who started the zipper concern in Tokyo in 1934.
So, here's some shots from my hotel room in NYC. This place was super hipster. I should have taken more shots, especially of the acoustic guitar at the foot of my bed...ahaha. But unfortunately the only times I was at the hotel was when I was scrambling to get ready in the morning and stumbling in tipsy at the end of the night.