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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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2026.05.27

KABUTOCHO FLOWER WEEK 2026 Recap

Held from Friday, March 13 to Tuesday, March 31, 2026

#kabutochoflowerweek, #Joy

KABUTOCHO FLOWER WEEK is an event that brightens the Nihonbashi Kabutocho area with beautiful seasonal flowers. This year marked its third edition, running for 19 days from March 13 to March 31, 2026. Centered around ...

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2026.04.30

Kabutocho Art Week 2026 Recap

Event Dates: Saturday, February 14 – Saturday, February 28, 2026

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“Kabutocho Art Week 2026 -Cultural Waves-” is a neighborhood-wide art exhibition set in the Nihonbashi-Kabutocho district. For its second edition, painter Joji Nakamura served as curator, bringing together works from ...

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2026.03.02

お花とともに感謝を伝える19日間

KABUTOCHO FLOWER WEEK 2026

2026年3月13日(金)~31日(火)開催!

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3回目の開催となる今年は、「日頃の感謝を伝えよう」をテーマに、 兜町エリアにあるカフェを舞台に、4つの企画をご用意しております。 日頃の感謝を何のきっかけもなしに伝えるのは照れくささもあり、なかなか難しいもの。 今回の...

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2026.05.12

Intersecting Memories:
Connecting People in a Changing City

Masakazu Yamada

General Manager of Caption by Hyatt Kabutocho Tokyo

#Caption by Hyatt Kabutocho Tokyo, #Color

Eitai-dori Avenue acts as a direct artery connecting Tokyo Station to the Nihonbashi and Kayabacho districts. It’s here in Kabutocho, a location boasting exceptional accessibility and views, that Caption by Hyatt Kab...

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2026.04.13

The Gravitational Pull of Gyoza
Bridging Cultures through Taiwan-Japan Fusion in Kabutocho

Naoki Moriya

Owner, Shao Shao

#shao shao, #勺勺, #Color

From Japan, China, and Taiwan to Turkey and Poland, "gyoza" (dumpling) is a dish beloved across the globe. While they may share a similar silhouette, their flavors, styles, and rituals vary by land. Fried, steamed, o...

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2026.03.25

Finding Treasures in Asian Culture & Finding Peace in a Cup of Tea

Yoshio Suzuki・Mai Hikita

CIRCUS

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In August 2025, a new energy flowed into a corner of Kabutocho. CASICA, a brand born in Shinkiba in 2017 with the concept of "visualizing lived time and space," has established its latest base. CASICA KABUTOCHO, which...

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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

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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

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“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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