Takashi Murakami exhibits the works of remarkable artists in his gallery Takashi Murakami, Japan’s leading artist, is also renowned for supporting young artists and collecting art, whether antiques or modern art. In short, he is a curator of extraordinary talent. Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd, Murakami’s company, opened a gallery in 2008, located a 15-minute walk from the Roppongi Station. In addition to managing the...
Team Lab offers digital artwork An art collective, TeamLab is an interdisciplinary group of ultra-technologists whose collaborative practice seeks to navigate the confluence of art, science, technology, design, and the natural world. Various specialists such as artists, programmers, engineers, computer graphics animators, mathematicians, and architects form TeamLab. A 10,000 square-meter museum featuring their work opened in the summer of 2018. TeamLab’s unique concept involves...
Excellent products from 47 prefectures in Japan This is a specialty shop by D&Department Project, for carefully curated Japanese provincial designs that remain vibrant today. D47 in Shibuya D&Department Tokyo, located in Okusawa, offers a range of about 1,500 items including Bishu rugs, from a textile production area that straddles Aichi and Gifu Prefectures. These rugs are products of D&Department’s eco-friendly project “From Lifestock,”...
Traditional everyday items to add fun to life This long-established store sells traditional household items like brooms, sieves, and zinc products. The place is brimming with well-made goods, such as baskets and various wood pieces, all at reasonable prices. Matsunoya purchases these items from small factories and farmers in Asian countries, including Japan. Traditional Japanese kitchen gadgets like copper or wooden graters are perennially...
Cutting-edge artworks in a gallery in renovated sento This is a unique contemporary art gallery, which renovated and opened in an esteemed public bathhouse founded 200 years ago. When you enter this venue after seeing its quaint appearance, you will find a neutral space with white walls and a mortar floor. This contrast is one of its highlights. Scai The Bathhouse mainly introduces cutting-edge...
Stay like a resident in this town This is not your usual hotel. The reception area is on the second floor of the smallest cultural complex, Hagiso, created from the renovation of a traditional Japanese house. The guest rooms comprise separate renovated living units. Guests use the public baths and restaurants around their rooms. Hanare’s unique concept of an entire town as a big...
Stylish, reasonably priced vessels This retro-style shop offers ceramic, glassware and wooden tableware. Regardless of the production area or age, the shop stocks a wide range of these items, which have a refined touch, form, and color. Most of these products are easy to use and affordable. The products include those created by artists with touches of interesting material, wood-grain and unique shades such...
Lovely everyday items: From tin cans to aromatic goods A lifestyle concept store, Syuro sells products that stimulate all five senses. It is located in Kuramae, a town whose atmosphere is an intriguing blend of current art and culture, and traditional Japan. 60% of the items are original and artisanal, made by craftsmen according to traditional techniques. In addition to these craftworks, you will...
Café offers fresh baked bread, home-made curry on 1st floor A former toy company warehouse from the Edo period (1603−1868) was stylishly renovated and transformed into a guesthouse, Nui. Hostel & Bar Lounge, which welcomes tourists from around the world. The most eye-catching part of this guesthouse is the bar and lounge on the first floor, which is open to even the non-resident guests....
Great variety of humorous items in Komagata flagship store Koncent is a design store run by H Concept, which produces design sundries under the motto of “make things that create fun and joy in life through design.” The flagship store moved to Komagata in 2020, a few minutes’ distance from Kuramae. The store is filled with unique products made in Japan, such as those...
