Spoon & Tamago https://spoon-tamago.com japanese art, design and culture Tue, 08 Sep 2026 11:43:48 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 Candidates Announced for Suica Penguin’s Successor. A Public Vote Will Decide the Outcome https://spoon-tamago.com/suica-penguin-successor-candidates/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=suica-penguin-successor-candidates https://spoon-tamago.com/suica-penguin-successor-candidates/#respond Tue, 08 Sep 2026 11:24:53 +0000 https://spoon-tamago.com/?p=59017 Last year, JR East announced that their beloved mascot, the Suica penguin, will retire after 25 years of serving as the iconic face of IC cards. Today, the company has unveiled three candidates to succeed the beloved Suica Penguin, which will officially retire at the end of March 2027. The three designs—created by young Japanese creators—offer […]

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]]> https://spoon-tamago.com/suica-penguin-successor-candidates/feed/ 0 Tokyo is Gearing Up for an Art-Filled Fall. And the Entire City is Here for It https://spoon-tamago.com/tokyo-art-events-autumn-2026/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tokyo-art-events-autumn-2026 https://spoon-tamago.com/tokyo-art-events-autumn-2026/#respond Sun, 06 Sep 2026 20:26:58 +0000 https://spoon-tamago.com/?p=58989 They say autumn is the season for art. In Japan, fall symbolizes freshness and new endeavors. The season’s clearer skies and brighter moons gives renewed enthusiasm to encounter artistic inspiration. And the entire city of Tokyo is not only here for it, but sponsoring it. From museums extending their hours and all-night art exhibitions to […]

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]]> https://spoon-tamago.com/tokyo-art-events-autumn-2026/feed/ 0 Kawaii Buildings, as Seen Through the Lens of Urban Photographer Ken Ohyama https://spoon-tamago.com/kawaii-buildings-ken-ohyama-photobook/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kawaii-buildings-ken-ohyama-photobook https://spoon-tamago.com/kawaii-buildings-ken-ohyama-photobook/#respond Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:03:16 +0000 https://spoon-tamago.com/?p=58966 Urban photographer Ken Ohyama is passionate about cities and the various structures that form them. The Japanese photographer has a knack for taking oft-overlooked elements of urban environments like highways and housing projects, and highlighting their beauty by forcing us to look at them in ways we never have. In a series of photographs titled […]

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]]> https://spoon-tamago.com/kawaii-buildings-ken-ohyama-photobook/feed/ 0 Minecraft Characters Emerge in the Fields for Gaming-Inspired Gyoda Rice Paddy Art https://spoon-tamago.com/minecraft-gyoda-rice-paddy-art/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=minecraft-gyoda-rice-paddy-art https://spoon-tamago.com/minecraft-gyoda-rice-paddy-art/#respond Sat, 29 Aug 2026 18:43:04 +0000 https://spoon-tamago.com/?p=58957 Every summer, the city of Gyoda in Saitama Prefecture turns rice paddies into giant canvases, planting colorful rice varieties to form massive works of art. Known as tanbo art, these living murals stretch across nearly three hectares and can only be fully appreciated from above. Gyoda’s rice paddy art holds the Guinness World Record for the […]

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]]> https://spoon-tamago.com/minecraft-gyoda-rice-paddy-art/feed/ 0 FamilyMart and Sumo Legend Chiyonofuji is the Celebrity Collab We Didn’t Know We Needed https://spoon-tamago.com/familymart-sumo-legend-chiyonofuji-collab/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=familymart-sumo-legend-chiyonofuji-collab https://spoon-tamago.com/familymart-sumo-legend-chiyonofuji-collab/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:53:03 +0000 https://spoon-tamago.com/?p=58944 FamilyMart’s in-house apparel label Convenience Wear is stepping into the world of sumo with a new limited-edition collaboration celebrating legendary yokozuna Chiyonofuji. Developed in collaboration with fashion designer Hiromasa Ochiai, Convenience Wear is known for its philosophy of “Good Materials, Good Craftsmanship, Good Design.” For this collection, that approach meets the dynamism and tradition of […]

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]]> https://spoon-tamago.com/familymart-sumo-legend-chiyonofuji-collab/feed/ 0 Artist Hiro Sugiyama Recreates Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ With 750,000 Dahlias https://spoon-tamago.com/hiro-sugiyama-hokusai-great-wave-brussels/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hiro-sugiyama-hokusai-great-wave-brussels https://spoon-tamago.com/hiro-sugiyama-hokusai-great-wave-brussels/#respond Sat, 15 Aug 2026 14:06:27 +0000 https://spoon-tamago.com/?p=58928 Once every two years, Brussels turns its Grand-Place into a living work of art. This year, artist Hiro Sugiyama transformed the cobblestones into a vibrant floral display as the Belgian capital celebrates the 24th edition of its Flower Carpet featuring one of Japan’s most-iconic images. The artist spent 8 months developing the design. But on August […]

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]]> https://spoon-tamago.com/hiro-sugiyama-hokusai-great-wave-brussels/feed/ 0 Sou Fujimoto’s Meiji Park Brings a Three-Dimensional Landscape to Hakata Station https://spoon-tamago.com/sou-fujimoto-meiji-park-fukuoka/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sou-fujimoto-meiji-park-fukuoka Sat, 08 Aug 2026 20:02:41 +0000 https://spoon-tamago.com/?p=58911 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 landscape are woven together vertically, creating a […]

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]]> Kiyo Takeda: The Architect Making Tokyo Green Again https://spoon-tamago.com/kiyo-takeda-the-architect-making-tokyo-green-again/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kiyo-takeda-the-architect-making-tokyo-green-again Sun, 26 Jul 2026 19:27:28 +0000 https://spoon-tamago.com/?p=58882 Japanese architect Kiyo Takeda belongs to a new generation of designers challenging the long-held notion that architecture should impose order on nature. Instead, his work embraces unpredictability, creating buildings that evolve over time as plants, weather, and the surrounding ecosystem become active collaborators. After studying at the University of East London, Takada joined Kengo Kuma […]

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]]> Kokuyo’s New ‘Transparent Mechanism’ Collection Puts its Engineering on Full Display https://spoon-tamago.com/kokuyo-transparent-mechanism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kokuyo-transparent-mechanism Sun, 12 Jul 2026 14:45:26 +0000 https://spoon-tamago.com/?p=58866 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 “pique the curiosity of those who hold it.” Their newest “Transparent Mechanism” collection doesn’t introduce new functions so much as reveal the […]

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]]> FamilyMart’s New Hipster ‘FAMIMA’ Reimagines What a Conbini Can Be https://spoon-tamago.com/familymart-new-famima-flagship/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=familymart-new-famima-flagship Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:32:36 +0000 https://spoon-tamago.com/?p=58854 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, FamilyMart, one of the largest operators of conbini, launched their new FAMIMA concept […]

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