Tokyo Archive

Book and Sons, Tokyo. Bringing together designers and typography lovers

«The desire to pass on the traditional habit of reading and appreciating printed media to the next generation is part of the store name and culture», says store owner Osamu Kawata.

Astrid Hofer

Kashiyama Daikanyama, Tokyo. A hill-like complex in southern Shibuya

Removing the boundaries that define the inside and outside of architectural work, nendo builds its design approach on the principle of continuity in nature

Veronica Gisondi

Laforet Harajuku, Tokyo. A crisis of subculture

What has become of Japanese subcultures? In Laforet, in Tokyo, they still exist. History shows us how culture has always dominated markets in the long run, according to cycles

Eleonora Caruso

Nemika, Tokyo. Japanese philosophy and the cycle of life in garden-themed experience

It derives its name from the three elements of the Nemika world – root ‘ne’, fruit ‘mi’, and flower ‘ka’. Together, the three words allude to the materiality of soil and earth interpreted as a garden

Chetna Chopra

Komiyama Bookstore, Tokyo. Three generations of curated vintage books

Having traversed across bookstores on a global scale to locations in Europe and Northern America, Komiyama found a lack of diversity of subject matter carried in bookstores in the genre of art

Pravin Nair

Book and Bed, Tokyo. A goodnight’s sleep is something you will not find here

Books are the point for each Book and Bed Tokyo location and are a tool for literature-inspired installations. Set on the eighth floor of the Kabukicho Apm Building, it provides a birds-eye view of the city

Paris Donnatella Callan

Roppongi Tsutaya Books, Tokyo. Catering to the needs of an international community

Tsutaya was founded in 1983 in Osaka as a realization of the idea of a need to create a stronghold of culture for grown-ups

Lilly Meuser