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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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