Spoon & Tamago

As the sun sets in Tokyo, its alleyways become illuminated by the lights of “sunakku” snack bars.

Japan has a rich history of packaging design that dates back hundreds of years and rooted in a tradition of gift-giving.

When you enter the classroom of an elementary school, you might expect to hear laughter and yelps of excitement.

Cutting through the white-capped waves of the Seto Inland Sea is a one-of-kind “floating library”.

Last year, JR East announced that their beloved mascot, the Suica penguin, will retire after 25 years of serving as the iconic face of IC cards.

They say autumn is the season for art.

Urban photographer Ken Ohyama is passionate about cities and the various structures that form them.

Every summer, the city of Gyoda in Saitama Prefecture turns rice paddies into giant canvases, planting colorful rice varieties to form massive works of art.

FamilyMart’s in-house apparel label Convenience Wear is stepping into the world of sumo with a new limited-edition collaboration celebrating legendary yokozuna Chiyonofuji.

Once every two years, Brussels turns its Grand-Place into a living work of art.

Is it a park?

Japanese architect Kiyo Takeda belongs to a new generation of designers challenging the long-held notion that architecture should impose order on nature.

For more than a century, Kokuyo has been quietly refining the humble tools of the desk.

For decades, Japan’s convenience stores have been admired for, well, their convenience.