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  • Business
  • Episode 751
  • 29 Apr 2026
  • 27 min

Threads and tea: new takes on Japanese tradition with Ichijiku and Ito En

Ichijiku

  • The Entrepreneurs
  • Business
  • Episode 751
  • 27 min

Founder Aaron Benjamin shares how his Tokyo-based luxury fashion brand Ichijiku grew out of a collection of gifted kimonos and has since evolved into what he describes as more of an art gallery than a traditional label. Plus: executive advisor and tea ambassador, Rona Tison, on Ito En’s global expansion. 

Host
  • Tom Edwards
Contributors
  • Jack Jewers
  • Laura Kramer

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