A craft house since 1716. Regional kilns, today's shelves.
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Accounts We Follow on Instagram
The accounts our editors keep coming back to for Japanese creative work.
@nakagawamasa7
@tokyo.explores
A pedestrian's eye on Tokyo, frame by frame.
@timeouttokyo_
Time Out Tokyo weaves the city in real time.
@kissa_memory
Keeping the menus of Showa-era cafes — fonts and all.
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