If you’re in Tokyo next week and want to check out an English-friendly rakugo performance, we have the perfect event for you:
Sou Fujimoto’s Meiji Park, Now Open in Fukuoka spoon-tamago.com/sou-fujimoto...
Sou Fujimoto’s Meiji Park Brings a Three-Dimensional Landscape to Hakata Station
Is it a park? A building? A pathway? A Landscape? It's one of our most-anticipated architecture project of 2026, and it just opened yesterday (August 7) in Fukuoka, just steps away from Hakata Station. Meiji Park is a new 3,572-square-meter urban park designed by Sou Fujimoto. Architecture and lands
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Japanese brewery YO-HO Brewing has created a glass that forces you to drink the same amount of water as beer
A 61-year old Kyoto resident has been arrested for playing excessively loud music. Neighbors had been complaining for 7 years. Police finally moved and confiscated over 50 guitars and amps. www.sankei.com/article/2026...
NYU is considering a major expansion into Japan. Tokyo Governor and NYU announced a pact to consider a Tokyo campus with Musashimurayama being identified as a potential site: www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
NYU, Tokyo governor ink pact for potential Japan campus | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
NEW YORK—Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike signed an agreement with New York University here on July 14 to explore establishing a degree-granting campus in Tokyo, a potential major expansion for the prestig...
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Rather than hiding the mechanics, Kokuyo’s new collection celebrates them, transforming everyday office supplies into miniature kinetic sculptures. spoon-tamago.com/kokuyo-trans...
Kokuyo's New 'Transparent Mechanism' Collection Puts its Engineering on Full Display
For more than a century, Kokuyo has been quietly refining the humble tools of the desk. Beyond a pursuit of quality and utilitarianism, the Osaka-based maker of stationery tools has always tried to "p...
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You can get a coffee, a sandwich and also a denim jacket the new FAMIMA spoon-tamago.com/familymart-n...
FamilyMart's New Hipster 'FAMIMA' Reimagines What a Conbini Can Be
For decades, Japan's convenience stores have been admired for, well, their convenience. By being sweetly attuned to utilitarian consumer needs, the ubiquitous 24/7 conbini has spread across Japan, achieving an unparalleled density that is perhaps second only to vending machines. This week, FamilyMar
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The Japanese artist Saya Irie erases images and then uses those eraser shavings to recompose the images into three-dimensional form, transforming the byproduct of erasure into delicate works of art. spoon-tamago.com/saya-irie-er...
Saya Irie's Intricate Sculptures Recomposed from Eraser Shavings
Most of us erase mistakes without a second thought. The curled ribbons that gather beneath an eraser are little more than evidence of revisions before they're brushed into the trash. But Saya Irie see...
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We’re loving the new Uniqlo x Jakuchu Ito collab. But the problem with Uniqlo is that you’re going to run into 10 other people wearing the same shirt. So I think the strategy here is to pick up a set, tuck them away, and pull them out in a decade or so.
the Kyoto Aquarium and Tokyo’s Sumida Aquarium keep obsessive tabs on the complex relationships of their penguins. They’ve just released updated 2026 flowcharts and this year they’re available in English: spoon-tamago.com/japanese-aqu...
In an exhibition that opens next week, Kenya Hara offers a rare look into his design process spoon-tamago.com/kenya-hara-d...
In Rare Exhibition, Kenya Hara Offers a Look Into His Design Process
Kenya Hara, the internationally acclaimed Japanese designer, has long been associated with clarity, restraint, and the quiet power of minimalism: traits that are evident in his work as creative direct...
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NYC steakhouse Smith & Wollensky is opening a location in Ginza on May 1. They join the ranks of Wolfgang's, Benjamin's and Peter Luger, all of which have opened up shop in Tokyo in recent years
Kazumasa Nagai, the pioneering graphic designer whose work helped define postwar visual culture in Japan, has passed away.
Our latest travelogue just dropped! If you want to explore some paths less traveled in Japan, check out our guide to Tohoku
A Spoon & Tamago Guide to Tohoku
The Tohoku region is Japan’s northern frontier on the island of Honshu—a region shaped by nature. Misty mountains, crystal clear streams, rugged coasts and bountiful seafood not only form what is one ...
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if you’re looking to combine some gallery hopping in between the ohanami, here are five art exhibitions not to miss in Japan this spring. spoon-tamago.com/five-art-exh...
Five Art Exhibitions to See in Japan This Spring
Spring in Japan isn’t just about cherry blossoms. Ok, fine it's mostly about cherry blossoms. But if you're looking to combine some gallery hopping in between the ohanami, we've got you covered. From futuristic anime retrospectives to centuries-old woodblock prints brought together in major museums
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We take a look inside this new cafe and shochu brewery in Miyazaki, designed by Kengo Kuma and running on sweet potato biofuel: spoon-tamago.com/kirishima-br...
Kirishima Brewery's New Facility and Cafe is Powered Entirely by Sweet Potato and Coffee Beans
Kirishima Shuzo, the iconic Japanese shochu maker, has teamed up with Starbucks Japan to create a one-of-a-kind collaborative facility where coffee, craftsmanship and sustainability come together unde...
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私たちの消費生活（Our consumer life） By illustrator Shunpei Kamiya
For Tokyu Hands 50th anniversary, illustrator Enya Honami created a new cross-sectional floor guide. Check it out if you’re in Shibuya:
We don’t say this often - thank you, Japanese government. For the first time in over a decade an obscure law will transform a regular workday into an additional holiday known as “othello holiday” (オセロ休日)
We’re ringing in 2026 with a look at 6 new art and architecture projects that we’re looking forward to seeing this year. spoon-tamago.com/new-architec...
New Architecture Opening in Japan in 2026
We're ringing in 2026 with a look at 6 new art and architecture projects that we're looking forward to seeing this year. From Hakata and Kyoto to Nara and Tokyo, these hotels, museums and parks are set to transform their respective neighborhoods all across Japan. The Gateway Park “HAKATA MEI
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Japan has a new stationmaster cat. At a ceremony yesterday, Yontama was announced as the successor to Santama and will assume responsibility effective immediately.
A horse escaped from Meiji University’s stables this morning, and took a stroll around the neighborhood causing quite a commotion. After about 30 min it quietly returned home. No one, including the horse, was hurt. news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/d3d...
Happy New Year of the Horse 🐴 We’ve assembled a few nengajo from some of our favorite artists that features this year’s zodiac animal. We hope they will inspire everyone to have a dynamic and transformative year! spoon-tamago.com/japanese-des...
Japanese Designer New Year’s Cards of 2026
Happy New Year of the horse! The year of the horse (uma-doshi) is said to be auspicious in Japan, not only because it represents strength, speed and energy, but because of the wordplay: umaku iku (mea...
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Tokyo Metro has already refreshed their manner posters featuring the 2026 zodiac animal
“Amerika” (mid-1850s) by Hiroshige Utagawa Hiroshige created this image of what he thought symbolized America: an elaborately garbed white aristocrat on horseback. The image reflected Japan's curiosity / apprehension about the outside world after isolation. P.S. 2026 is America's 250th birthday!
Manga publisher Shueisha took out a full-page ad in today’s Yomiuri and Sankei, celebrating their 100-year anniversary. Copy reads: ‘100 year? Still just a youngster’
Happy New Year! We hope everyone’s 2026 is as chill as these capybaras taking a yuzu hot bath