Lei, a lifestyle brand recognized with prestigious international design awards including the Red Dot Design Award and iF Design Award, will open Lei Gallery Tokyo this month. The new art space will be housed within its Lei In Praise of Shadows Flagship Store, which opened in Yoyo...

A new lifestyle brand “ZenSei” has launched, bringing together monks from sub-temples of Kyoto’s Myoshinji Temple, the head temple of the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism, and artisans whose craftsmanship has long supported the city’s rich cultural heritage. Guided by the concept of...

ROKU KYOTO, LXR Hotels & Resorts will offer an exclusive “Gion Festival Yamahoko Junko Viewing Program” for hotel guests, providing a special opportunity to experience the rich history and traditions of the Gion Festival. The program will take place during the Saki Matsuri (F...

ZOZO NEXT will present products and prototypes from its “Yobiiro” project overseas for the first time at the design festival “3daysofdesign” which take places in Copenhagen, Denmark, from June 10 to 12, 2026.“Yobiiro” is a project that combines Japanese craftsmanship with cutting...

Based in Uji, Asahiyaki will make it first appearance at 3daysofdesign, taking place in Copenhagen from June 10 to 12, 2026. The historic Kyoto kiln will also debut “osaa,” a new tableware collection developed in collaboration with Helsinki-based design studio Kaksikko.The “osaa”...

3daysofdesign, which began as a small design event in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2013, has grown into one of the Scandinavia’s leading design festivals and continues to attract global attention each year. The 2026 edition will be held from June 10 to 12, 2026 across eight districts i...

“Craft x Tech Tokai Project 2026 Tokyo Exhibition,” an exhibition showcasing newly created works born from collaborations between craftspeople from Japan’s Tokai region and internationally active creators, will be held at kudan house, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property locat...

LOEWE announced that the winner of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2026 is Jongjin Park, who was awarded the prize for his work “Strata of Illusion.”Jongjin Park is a ceramic artist from Korea and assistant professor at Seoul Women’s University, Seoul. He holds an MA in Ceramics...

The year 2026 marks two major milestones: the 100th anniversary of the 1926 publication of the prospectus proposing the establishment of a museum dedicated to folk crafts, and the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Japan Folk Crafts Museum (Nihon Mingeikan). To commemorate t...

“The 20th Paramita Ceramic Art Grand Prize Exhibition” will be held at the Paramita Museum in Mie Prefecture from June 4 to July 26, 2026.Established in 2006, the Paramita Ceramic Art Grand Prize Exhibition aims to introduce the artists who represent the spirit of the times while...

“Lucie Rie: Elegant Vessels Fusing East and West,” the first retrospective in Japan in nearly a decade dedicated to Lucie Rie, will be held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum from July 4 to September 13, 2026.Lucie Rie (1902-1995), one of the most prominent British cerami...

“KO+GEI 2026,” an exhibition presenting the contemporary state of Japanese craft — rooted in tradition, climate, and aesthetic sensibility — to a global audience, will take place at the Tokyo Art Club in Shinbashi, Tokyo, from May 21 to 24, 2026.This exhibition serves as a platfo...