Curiosity
2021.12.24
Kei Amano
Yard Works
#Curiosity, #K5
Kei Amano is a gardener, creating spaces using only plants as his medium. He is well known for his originality and sense of style. "The Soil" in Yamanashi Prefecture, is his home base where he plots and plans projects...
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Color
2021.12.18
Hiroki Morimoto
Manager, caveman
#caveman, #Color, #K5
Sommelier and manager of caveman, Hironori Morimoto is focused on sharing his fascinations with other people. His own experiences and an important encounter as a student have helped shape him into who he is today. Now...
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Joy
2021.12.07
Licaxxx
DJ
#Joy
Licaxxx is a multi-talented creator and DJ involved in a variety of music-related activities. She’s able to traverse genres with ease, with a deep curiosity bubbling away beneath the surface. Experience, she says, is ...
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Curiosity
2021.11.29
Daisuke Obana
N. HOOLYWOOD Designer
#Curiosity
In order to understand the design and uniform style of UNITED ARROWS & SONS, which was recently adopted for K5's uniforms, we interviewed designer Daisuke Obana and asked him about his past and future relationship wit...
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Curiosity
2021.11.10
Seiichi Saito
President of Panoramatiks (formerly known as Rhizomatiks Architecture)
#Curiosity, #KABUTO ONE
When it comes to cities, Seiichi Saito’s approach uses a mixture of architectural perspective and creative thinking. He tackles issues head-on, pulling the invisible threads of the world around him to create a clearer...
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Color
2021.10.31
Kiyoyuki Tsuchimoto
President, Heiwa Real Estate Co.
#Color
Since the closing of Tokyo Stock Exchange, Heiwa Real Estate has been working on the redevelopment of Kabutocho and Kayabacho, supporting the district since 1947. President Kiyoyuki Tsuchimoto, who spent 35 years at t...
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Color
2021.10.25
Takamatsu Ryohei
Neki Sous Chef
#Color, #Neki
Ryohei Takamatsu, works daily in the kitchen as a sous chef at Neki, a bistro where one can enjoy authentic French cuisine in a casual setting. Throughout his life, he has followed his own guiding principle of embraci...
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Joy
2021.09.30
Takehito Nakatani
Somewhere in Tokyo
#Joy
“Somewhere in Tokyo" is a multifunctional space at the crossroads of various cultures, including art, music, apparel, and food. Mr. Nakatani, one of the organizers of the space, has slowly been expanding his circle of...
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Color
2021.09.22
Masahiro Onishi
Owner of SWITCH COFFEE TOKYO
#Color, #K5, #SwitchCoffee
Coffee that is unpretentious and does not take itself too seriously. This is the type of cup that Masahiro Onishi, owner of Switch Coffee Tokyo, is in pursuit of. Without adding any color to the cup, he says, 'it may ...
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Color
2021.09.07
Katsuyuki Honda
B Manager
#B by the Brooklyn Brewery, #Color, #K5
From an early age, he was all about baseball, but when he graduated high school, he entered the entertainment industry. Always following a brightly lit path, Katsuyuki Honda began his career in hotels after gaining ex...
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Color
2021.08.23
Kanako Watanabe
General Manager, HOTEL K5
#Color, #HotelK5
A spiral staircase leads to the starting point. Kanako Watanabe, who took over as General Manager of HOTEL K5 in July, was born and raised in a hotel, with most of the guests becoming her friends. She has loved hotels...
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Color
2021.08.06
Nobuhiro Ito
Store Manager, Omnipollos Tokyo
#Color, #OmnipollosTokyo
Nobuhiro Ito arrived in Kabutocho by connecting the dots of his past. The experiences he gained from his life as a traveler led him to where he is today. What kind of future will he envision when the dots he has accum...
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Color
2021.07.28
Soran Nomura
Producer, -Ao-
#Ao, #Ao, #Color, #K5
After working as a bartender in London for seven years, Soran returned to Japan, accumulating many accolades during his time at FUGLEN TOKYO. In 2020, alongside Kai Tanaka, he established Library Bar ‘Ao’ in K5, Kabut...
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Curiosity
2021.07.13
Yusuke Seki
Architectural Designer
#Curiosity
Architect Yusuke Seki was in high school when the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake struck, forcing him to bear witness to the crumbling city. During the reconstruction, his perceptions were reshaped as he made new conne...
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Color
2021.06.30
Kensaku Sato
SR Roaster
#Color, #SR
Kensaku Sato is the coffee roaster for SR, a micro-roastery born in Stockholm with a Japanese branch located in Nihonbashi. The roastery is famous for its clean-tasting coffees. Sato left Japan to improve his English,...
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Color
2021.06.12
Yuta Oka, Hilo Homma, Akihiro Matsui
K5 Founders
#Color
Having spread through major cities, COVID-19 took away our daily lives and made us reconsider urban life. If the urban landscape were to change from one city to another to accommodate this new way of life, what would ...
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Color
2021.06.02
Keisuke Oyama
Owner of ease, patissier
#Color, #ease
Owner and patissier, Keisuke Oyama, is well known for his creative senses. He frequently combines unique ingredients, such as horseradish and strawberries or shiso and hyuganatsu (citrus fruit), and serves take-home d...
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Color
2021.05.21
Kyohei Nishi
Owner, and chef of Neki
#Color, #Neki
Kyohei Nishi is a chef with extensive experience, having worked at two-star restaurant and Bistro, Rojiura. He was invited by Keisuke Oyama to open his own restaurant, Neki. Oyama is the owner of ‘ease’, and the two m...
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Color
2021.05.10
Shinichi Takahashi
Human Nature
#Color, #HumanNature
The icon of an era, the King of Pop, once sang "If they say "why? why?" tell'em that it's human nature”! Taking its name from that same song, the owner of natural wine shop, Human Nature, Shinichi Takahashi sat with u...
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Color
2021.04.30
Kai Tanaka
-Ao-
#Ao, #Color, #K5
Ao is a bar located in K5 Hotel. Drenched in a deep crimson color, the bar is surrounded by books, giving it the feel of a library. Ao in Japanese means 'blue' and is a reference to the author, Eiichi Shibusawa's, pen...
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Color
2021.04.20
Atsuki Kuroda
Owner-chef, caveman
#caveman, #Color, #K5
Atsuki Kuroda began cooking at the age of 18 in Osaka, eventually leaving Japan to gain experience abroad. Thanks to his strong personality and keen observation skills, Kuroda was able to easily adjust when he began w...
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Color
2021.04.10
Yuya Kawara
Switch Coffee Barista
#Color, #K5, #SwitchCoffee
Yuya Kawara, began his career in coffee whilst living in Australia. Currently he works as a barista for Switch Coffee in K5 Hotel, but started his gastronomy career as a chef. Yuya feels blessed being able to always l...
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Color
2021.04.01
Soichiro Yamashita
Director, K5 Hotel
#Color, #K5
Fashion and architecture. These are the two things Kabuto-cho’s K5 director, Soichi Yamashita, always keeps close to heart. In this interview he tells us about his beginnings as a student and what he imagines is the f...
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Color
2021.04.01
Tomoko Nakagawa
General Manager, K5 Hotel
#Color, #HotelK5
K5 Hotel, a renovated 1923 annex of Japan's first bank, has become the starting point for the redevelopment of the Kabutocho district. Having spent most of her life as a contractor for exciting start-ups, what does K5...
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Color
2021.04.01
Wataru Kato
Representative Director, SR
#Color, #SR
A person's story lives in an object. So, how did a young man who used to chase a ball in Hokkaido end up in Kabutocho? What drove him to travel over 40,000 kilometres? (roughly the circumference of the Earth) Was it c...
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Color
2021.04.01
Yoshitane Nishioka
B Content Programming Director
#B by the Brooklyn Brewery, #Color, #K5
Yoshitane Nishioka is the content programming director of ‘B’, Brooklyn Brewery’s first ever flagship store located in the basement of K5 Hotel. He laughs when he thinks of his time as a student; where he did nothing ...
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Color
2021.04.01
Yuko Sawamoto
Communications and Branding Manager, Omnipollos Tokyo
#Color, #OmnipollosTokyo
From its inception, Yuko Sawamoto has taken up the role of communications and branding manager at Omnipollo Tokyo - the first store of its kind in Asia. She studied graphic design in the United States and has spent mo...
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Curiosity
2021.04.01
Akihiro Matsui
Kontext Editor in Chief
#Curiosity
During the process of creating K5 with my friends, we would visit Nihonbashi Kabuto-cho often. Over time, I fell in love with this city.
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