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Void Lens


Hironori Kodama

Owner and photographer

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Misako & Rosen


Misako and Jeffrey Rosen

Gallerists

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Sushidokoro Hiroshi


Hiroshi Komatsu

Chef

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Almost Perfect


Luis Mendo and Yuka Okada Martín Mendo

Founders

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Nagae+


Shoko Tsurumoto

Creative director

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Sawvih


Hiroshi Terasaka

Koji connoisseur

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Hakkodo


Keiko Goto

Creative director

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Mister Hollywood


Daisuke Obana

Designer

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Oichiichi


Ikuyo Segi

Proprietress

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Locale


Katy Cole

Owner chef

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Lunco


Ranko Nagata

Vintage kimono aficionado

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Sushisho


Keiji Nakazawa

Chef

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Tanyaki Shinobu


Shinobu Uesugi

Proprietress

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Sushisho Masa


Masakatsu Oka

Chef

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Miyako Andon


Masanori Kizaki

Lamp artisan

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Shun Okubo


Shun Okubo

Jewellery designer

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Book and Sons


Osamu Kawata

Owner

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Cafe Casa


Jonathan Hebert

Proprietor

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Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum


Toyojiro Hida

Director

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Amezaiku Yoshihara


Takahiro Yoshihara

Chief Candy Artist

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Onibus Coffee


Atsushi Sakao

Head barista

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Maruichi Bagel


Miho Inagi

Baker

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Ginza Motoji


Koumei Motoji

Kimono ambassador

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Gen Yamamoto


Gen Yamamoto

Bartender

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Aritsugu


Kazuo Nozaki

Bladesmith

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21_21 Design Sight


Noriko Kawakami

Associate director

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Sakurai Japanese Tea Experience


Shinya Sakurai

Tea master

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Koffee Mameya


Eiichi Kunitomo

Barista

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Taka Ishii Gallery


Taka Ishii

Owner

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Tomio Koyama Gallery


Tomio Koyama

Owner

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Fuku


Hajime Suzuki

Owner

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Tolo Pan Tokyo


Shinji Tanaka

Chef

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Kisaiya Hide


Hideki Ohnishi

Chef

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Sushi Yuu


Daisuke Shimazaki

Chef

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Sakana Bar Ippo


Masato Takano

Owner and DJ

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Honmura-an


Koichi Kobari

Owner

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Kaleidoscope Mukashi-kan


Miti Araki

Shopkeeper

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Utsuwa Kenshin


Kenshin Sato

Shopkeeper

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Visvim


Hiroki Nakamura

Designer

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Traveler’s Factory


Atsuhiko Iijima

Producer

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Toga


Yasuko Furuta

Designer

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L’Effervescence


Shinobu Namae

Chef

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Ota Memorial Museum


Michi Akagi

Curator

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Nihonbashi Yukari


Kimio Nonaga

Chef

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Kohoro


Hiromi Onda

Shopkeeper

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Hara Museum


Toshio Hara

Founder

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Nezu Museum


Koichi Nezu

Patron

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John Lawrence Sullivan


Arashi Yanagawa

Designer

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Hatos Bar


Sou Ieki

Smoker-in-chief

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Tempura Motoyoshi


Kazuhito Motoyoshi

Chef

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Honma Saketen


Fujio Honma

Shopkeeper

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Haritts


Haruna Toyoda

Baker

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Gokirakutei


Hisayo Suga

Owner

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Fellows


Takashi Kurokawa

Chef

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Anrealage


Kunihiko Morinaga

Designer

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Tokyo Dosanjin


Hiroshi Nagahama

Chef and manager

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6


Masaru Sakai

Vintage-hunter

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Owan


Kuniatsu Kondo

Chef

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Mingeikan


Kyoko Mimura

Adviser

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Tamai


Yuji Sato

Chef

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Tamahide


Kounosuke Yamada

Eighth-generation chef

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Volga Volga


Shiori Kurushima and Mikhail Panteleev

Designers

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Takazawa


Yoshiaki Takazawa

Chef

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Taimeiken


Hiroshi Modegi

Third-generation chef

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Star Bar


Hisashi Kishi

Bartender

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SCAI the Bathhouse


Masami Shiraishi

Director

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Kumu


Noriko Konuma

Director

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Shima


Manabu Oshima

Chef

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Kohaku


Fumihiko Kimura

Bartender

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Gallery Koyanagi


Atsuko Koyanagi

Owner

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Chatei Hatou


Kazuya Terashima

Barista

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Neo Green


Hitoshi Shirata

Urban gardener

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Little Nap Coffee Stand


Daisuke Hamada

Barista

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