Junichi Toyofuku
Craft: Make it big
From Detroit to Frankfurt and Sagamihara, three makers demonstrate how having a vision, the confidence to follow it through and the ability to adapt can pay huge dividends for entrepreneurs.
Business
Some light reading at a new Taichung bookshop followed by a tasting session at a Tokyo winery.
Eat, don’t sleep
A culinary tour of stalls, stop-ins and restaurants best enjoyed during the small hours.
Fashion
Here comes the sun thanks to our choice selection of sunglasses, shirts and swimshorts.
Most liveable city, 2016: Tokyo
This city of 13 million nurtures a balance of hi-tech efficiency and traditional neighbourhood values – and it’s a combination that wins the Japanese capital the top spot for a second year running. Our…
Inventory no. 94
This month we deck out readers with seaside-inspired trainers, Bulgarian beach bats and a new brew from Barcelona. Plus the German bags worth bragging about and fishing lures to angle for.
Food
This month’s culinary spree includes a Tokyo carpenter-turned-roaster, a French grocer with a literary history and a Japanese deli backed by a fashion label. It’s a world of creative crossovers.
Inventory No. 93
Spirits, shoes and ceramics are just a sprinkling of the products we’re pining after this month.
Inventory no. 92
This April we shower you with well-made ephemera, including a Canadian gin, Nordic planters and Swiss sundries, plus a handsome set of travel guides and some desirable deskware.
Food
We sample seafood at a one-time grocery store and try mezze at a former 1950s beauty salon that’s now a Turkish taverna. We also wet our whistle with some lively Italian aperitivos.
