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Kontext is a city and people guide to enjoy Nihonbashi Kabutocho and Kayabacho more deeply.

Kontext is a city and people guide to enjoy Nihonbashi Kabutocho and Kayabacho more deeply.

Kontext is a city and people guide to enjoy Nihonbashi Kabutocho and Kayabacho more deeply.


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2025.09.03

KABUTOCHO FLOWER WEEK 2025 Photo Report: Photo Session

Friday, March 7 - Sunday, March 16, 2025

#kabutochoflowerweek, #Joy, #Joy

Held over ten days from March 7th to March 16th, KABUTOCHO FLOWER WEEK was an event that decorated the Nihonbashi Kabutocho area with beautiful seasonal mimosa flowers, giving the town a splash of bright gold. On Fri...

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2025.08.22

“Tokyo in Asia”
Where food, objects, and people intersect

CASICA KABUTOCHO

Opened August 5, 2025

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On August 5, 2025, CASICA KABUTOCHO opened its doors, adding a new burst of color to the Kabutocho neighborhood. CASICA was first established in Shinkiba in 2017 as a “complex space” with the concept of “visualizing ...

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2025.06.30

KABUTOCHO FLOWER WEEK 2025 Photo Report

Friday, March 7 - Sunday, March 16, 2025

#kabutochoflowerweek, #Joy

KABUTOCHO FLOWER WEEK is a 10-day long event that was held from March 7 to March 16, 2025. The event saw the Nihonbashi Kabutocho area filled with mimosa flowers, giving the town a welcome splash of bright gold.

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2025.08.07

Quality food, sake, and service.
A lively, warm place to relax.

Chihiro Maruyama

Owner Chef

#MARUYAMA, #Color

MARUYAMA, a new Izakaya that has opened on the ground floor of K5, is a new spot in the neighborhood where you can enjoy creative dishes that combine Japanese and French cuisine, accompanied by a selection of Japanese...

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2025.07.22

Behind the semi-transparent veil
Days of change inside a constantly evolving hotel

Donna Joaquin

HOTEL K5 General Manager

#HotelK5, #HotelK5, #Color

Donna Joaquin, newly appointed General Manager of HOTEL K5—a boutique hotel nestled in the heart of Kabutocho—has spent the past five years immersing herself in nearly every aspect of hotel operations, all whilst obse...

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2025.03.21

At the intersection of human warmth
Connections from the beauty of your fingertips

johee

Owner of HANDWORK

#Color, #HANDWORK

Opened in the fall of 2024, HANDWORK resides in the newly renovated section of the Nissho-kan building, located on the former estate of Eiichi Shibusawa. More than just a nail salon, HANDWORK is also a gallery and eve...

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2025.06.04

Peering into an aquarium to find essence
A life guided by the objects of a mediator

Takuya Tanoue

Essential Store Owner

#Curiosity, #Kabutocho Art Week, #Keshiki

In January 2025, the street-roaming art exhibition ‘Kabutocho Art Week’ was held in the Nihonbashi Kabutocho area. The first edition featured Takuya Tanoue, owner of the Essential Store, an store that operates irregul...

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2025.05.07

The greyness between worlds
The subject at the end of a straight gaze

Yuta Kato

Photographer

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The scene in front of you can be perceived in a multitude of different ways. And the surrounding world is made up of countless individuals, with countless realities and perceptions. Photographer Yuta Kato, who held hi...

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2024.07.25

The allure of unbound nature
Experimentation in an inescapable city

Kotaro Anzai

CEO of ADX

#Curiosity, #Curiosity, #Hotel K5, #KITOKI

“Living with the forest” is the motto and philosophy of ADX CEO, Kotaro Anzai. Anzai was the local architect of "Hotel K5" in Nihonbashi Kabutocho, alongside the renovation od former eel restaurant “Matsuyoshi", the b...

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Nihonbashi Kabuto-cho was the area Eiichi Shibusawa, the father of modern Japanese economics, settled in the early Meiji period (1868-1912). He went on to establish Japan's first bank, the First National Bank, and the Tokyo Stock Exchange. However, with the computerization of stock trading, the people and companies that used to gather there are now leaving or have already left, and in recent years the area has lost its color. Now, however, a new color is beginning to spread in the city.
The new colors of Kabutocho, or in other words; the activities of the people and their connections, have a new context. This website carefully weaves together those invisible connections and their contexts. By digging deep into the little-known stories of each person, we will bring out the charm and character of the ever-changing Kabutocho.
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