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Junichi Toyofuku

Business

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.

  • Issue #96
  • 7 min read
Craft: Make it big
Business

Business

Some light reading at a new Taichung bookshop followed by a tasting session at a Tokyo winery.

  • Issue #96
  • 4 min read
Business
Design

Fashion

Here comes the sun thanks to our choice selection of sunglasses, shirts and swimshorts.

  • Issue #95
  • 2 min read
Fashion
Affairs

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…

  • Film
  • 3 min watch
People sitting in front of a bar in Tokyo.
Retail

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.

  • Issue #94
  • 7 min read
New Balance Explore By Sea trainers in neutral tones displayed against a yellow background.
Hospitality

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.

  • Issue #94
  • 4 min read
Food
Retail

Inventory No. 93

Spirits, shoes and ceramics are just a sprinkling of the products we’re pining after this month.

  • Issue #93
  • 7 min read
Inventory No. 93
Retail

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.

  • Issue #92
  • 8 min read
Inventory no. 92
Retail

Out on a limb

Precisely nipped and tucked, Kiiya’s handmade mannequins are head and shoulders above the rest.

  • Issue #92
  • 5 min read
Out on a limb

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