Spoon & Tamago http://www.spoon-tamago.com japanese art, design and culture Thu, 05 Sep 2019 17:27:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.3 Masataka Nakano Has Been Photographing a Deserted Tokyo for Almost 30 Years http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2019/09/05/masataka-nakano-tokyo/ http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2019/09/05/masataka-nakano-tokyo/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2019 17:25:20 +0000 http://www.spoon-tamago.com/?p=46702

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]]> http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2019/09/05/masataka-nakano-tokyo/feed/ 0 Adorable Sea Creature Teabags Bring Underwater Joy to Teatime http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2019/09/04/ocean-teabags/ http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2019/09/04/ocean-teabags/#comments Wed, 04 Sep 2019 17:50:05 +0000 http://www.spoon-tamago.com/?p=46689 Daisho Suisan is not your ordinary Japanese seafood company. In addition to their dealings in frozen seafood, they also do web design and illustration. So when, in 2014, the company decided to add tea bags to their line of businesses it probably wasn’t too extraordinary. The problem, however, is that they couldn’t find anyone who […]

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]]> http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2019/09/04/ocean-teabags/feed/ 1 Sculptures Carved From a Single Block of Wood by Moe Nakamura http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2019/08/25/moe-nakamura/ http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2019/08/25/moe-nakamura/#respond Sun, 25 Aug 2019 22:38:34 +0000 http://www.spoon-tamago.com/?p=46670 Mysterious. Vulnerable. Adorable. These are just a few of the words one might use to describe the work of sculptor Moe Nakamura. The 31-year old Tokyo-based artist creates imaginative sculptures of child-like figures, carving each out of single blocks of wood. After obtaining her MFA from Joshibi University of Art and Design in 2012, Nakamura […]

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]]> http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2019/08/25/moe-nakamura/feed/ 0 Digitally Activated Megaliths Rise Inside an Abandoned Bath House in TeamLab’s Latest Installation http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2019/08/20/teamlab-mifuneyama-bath-house/ http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2019/08/20/teamlab-mifuneyama-bath-house/#comments Tue, 20 Aug 2019 21:33:57 +0000 http://www.spoon-tamago.com/?p=46636 Mifuneyama Rakuen Park is a sprawling natural sanctuary in Kyushu that was created in 1845. It is home to some of Japan’s most spiritual and sacred objects of nature such as trees that are hundreds (and in some cases, thousands) of years old. The site is also home to enormous megaliths. Almost supernatural in their […]

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]]> http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2019/08/20/teamlab-mifuneyama-bath-house/feed/ 1 How Yayoi Kusama’s Outdoor Pumpkin is Protected During Hurricanes http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2019/08/18/yayoi-kusama-naoshima-pumpkin-hurricane/ http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2019/08/18/yayoi-kusama-naoshima-pumpkin-hurricane/#respond Sun, 18 Aug 2019 21:02:55 +0000 http://www.spoon-tamago.com/?p=46660 If you’ve ever visited Japan’s magical art island of Naoshima you’ll most certainly have visited one of its most iconic pieces of art: Yayoi Kusama’s yellow pumpkin that sits at the tip of an abandoned pier. Although the waters of Japan’s Inland Sea are mostly calm, during the summer the pumpkin becomes susceptible to high […]

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]]> http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2019/08/18/yayoi-kusama-naoshima-pumpkin-hurricane/feed/ 0 Art of the Bloom by Daikoku Design Institute http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2019/08/15/art-of-the-bloom-by-daikoku-design-institute/ http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2019/08/15/art-of-the-bloom-by-daikoku-design-institute/#respond Thu, 15 Aug 2019 16:38:20 +0000 http://www.spoon-tamago.com/?p=46643 Symbiosis is the theme of Daigo Daikoku’s debut U.S. installation, which features real flowers, light, and augmented reality that blends the physical and digital worlds. Titled “Art of the Bloom,” the exhibition is currently on display at Edison Theater in Long Beach, California. Daigo Daikoku and his Daikoku Design Institute (previously) recently relocated their operations […]

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]]> http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2019/08/15/art-of-the-bloom-by-daikoku-design-institute/feed/ 0 Tokyo Subway Duct Tape Signage by Shuetsu Sato http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2019/08/13/shuetsu-sato-signage/ http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2019/08/13/shuetsu-sato-signage/#comments Tue, 13 Aug 2019 21:50:59 +0000 http://www.spoon-tamago.com/?p=46626 The immense and sprawling Tokyo subway system seems to be permanently under construction. It’s good to see a metropolis investing in what is already an excellent public transportation infrastructure system but for heavy users it can be frustrating to find your path blocked by temporary walls and detours. But several years ago, straphangers began noticing […]

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]]> http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2019/08/13/shuetsu-sato-signage/feed/ 3 Ikemen Kanno Emaki: Sensual Artwork Installed in 1300-Year Old Temple http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2019/08/01/ikemen-kanno-emaki/ Thu, 01 Aug 2019 20:38:14 +0000 http://www.spoon-tamago.com/?p=46599 “Ikemen Kanno Emaki” (イケメン官能絵巻), or Scroll of Handsome and Sensual Men, is a series of artworks that were installed earlier this year at Kokujoji Temple in Japan’s Niigata prefecture. Established in the year 709, the temple is believed to be the oldest in the region. And yet it, along with many other temples dotted across […]

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]]> Hinui Hitohi: A Machiya Renovation to Revitalize Suburban Shimane http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2019/07/31/hinui-hitohi-shimane/ Wed, 31 Jul 2019 22:13:50 +0000 http://www.spoon-tamago.com/?p=46581 The hollowing out of suburban Japan is real. Lured by the appeal of major cities like Tokyo and Osaka, young Japanese continue to relocate. And as they do, rural Japan continues to fall into disrepair. It’s a vicious cycle and so much history and culture is at stake. But where rural Japan lacks in modern […]

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]]> Ordinary Street Scenes of Japan Illustrated by Masashi Shimakawa http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2019/07/31/ordinary-street-scenes-of-japan-illustrated-by-masashi-shimakawa/ Wed, 31 Jul 2019 16:24:50 +0000 http://www.spoon-tamago.com/?p=46569 The scenes that illustrator Masashi Shimakawa decides to memorialize are not special in any way. They depict ordinary moments on ordinary streets of Japan: a person waiting for a light to change, a row of vending machines or an eatery at dusk, glowing from within. But finding beauty in the mundane is something Shimakawa excels […]

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