RESEARCH How the new luxury movement will change shikohin experiences. Interview with business and culture designer Hiroyuki Anzai READ
BOTANICALS Creating a drink under the theme of “Drink the river and mountain” DIG THE TEA’s event for exploring Local x Botanical and the future of luxury drinks READ
BOTANICALS Series Sober Curious At the forefront of the sober curious movement: How the founder of NYC’s first alcohol-free bar is expanding the options and culture of ‘not drinking’ READ
BOTANICALS Series Sober Curious At the forefront of the sober curious movement: Why so many people want to spend their nights at NYC’s first alcohol-free bar, “Listen Bar” READ
BOTANICALS Series Choosing an alcohol free life Was Ki no Tsurayuki Japan’s first sober curious cultural icon? Tsunehiro Uno talks to Chinese literature scholar Ryota Fukushima READ
BOTANICALS Series paysan | DIG THE TEA Harvesting chamomile and planting hops in our ongoing collaboration with PAYSAN Herb Farm in Ishikawa READ
RESEARCH Series To Live, To Relish Looking at society through Yemen’s khat culture. Breaking a long held curse around shikohin: Interview with cultural anthropologist Reiko Otsubo READ
SESSION Series The Search for New Seeds of Shikohin Ideas Why do people seek out fragrances? Searching for seeds of new shikohin ideas through plant biology READ
BOTANICALS Series Sober Curious Why Drinking Loses its Appeal to Gen Z: The Forefront of Alcohol-Free Movement Shaped by the Cultural Shift towards Sober Curious | Ruby Warrington READ
BOTANICALS Series Sober Curious The True Meaning of ‘Sober Curious’: What its Founder Discovered in the Quest for Sobriety | Ruby Warrington READ
SESSION Series Choosing an alcohol free life What will become of after work drinking parties? Consultant Takanori Sakaguchi and critic Tunehiro Uno explore the changing dynamics of work and alcohol culture READ
SESSION The Japanese tea ceremony is installation art that combines physics, chemistry, knowledge and culture. Tea Master and Engineer Toru Ota READ
SESSION Series Choosing an alcohol free life Bringing back the joy of tea selection A new era of Japanese medicinal herbs and traditional tea culture READ
SESSION Have dating apps turned love and relationships into a matter of preference?Philosopher Koichiro Kokubun discusses shikohin with college students READ
RESEARCH Everybody has small addictions Philosopher Koichiro Kokubun discusses shikohin with youth READ
SESSION Series Choosing an alcohol free life Bringing back unstrategic pleasure in leisure activities Similarities in games, food and drink that will enrich the world READ
SESSION Series Choosing an alcohol free life Focus on what is in front of you, not on what is on your phone. Exploring desire with philosopher Yoshihiro Tanigawa READ