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Edo Tokyo Kirari

Heritage businesses

Made by a curated selection of Tokyo’s heritage businesses, the Edo Tokyo Kirari project’s artisanal wares leave a lasting impression.

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Edo Tokyo Kirari

Heritage Tokyo Crafts

Look behind Tokyo’s fast-paced façade and you will discover more than 3,000 businesses that are more than a century old. All over the city, artisans are making everything from textiles to knives using traditional…

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Expo City Dubai

How to build a city

What do you do after delivering the most diverse and sustainable world expo in history? With the team behind Expo 2020 Dubai already preparing to host COP28 in 2023, we find out what it…

How to build a city
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Brand Hong Kong

Game Faces

Meet the team: Interviews with three key players in the National Games.

Game Faces
Craft

Edo Tokyo Kirari

Artistry of the floating world

Tokyo is home to more than 3,000 businesses that are keeping alive the craft traditions of old Japan. Now, the Edo Tokyo Kirari Project is bringing their beautiful creations to people all over the…

‘Gyuto’ by Ubukeya
Craft

Edo Tokyo Kirari

Making new treasures

Look behind its modern façade and Tokyo, once known as Edo, reveals itself to be a city of craftsmanship. In workshops across the city, artisans are still using traditional skills, preserving centuries-old techniques in…

Material inspection at Hirose Dyeworks

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