DOTS

Explore DIG THE TEA with DOTS

At DIG THE TEA we refer to producers, creators, researchers and people who explore and create shikohin and its experiences with us as “dots”. We will share our encounters with the “dots” from all around Japan and the world.

Keiji Ojima
Chef
Takanori Sakaguchi
Marina Fujimoto
Chinese Tea Master / Sommelier
Yasujiro Tokuda / Yuko Tokuda
Owner of ADA FARM
Toru Ota
Tea Master, Engineer, the owner of Oimatsu (a historic confectionery shop in Kyoto) , the director of the Yuuhisai Kōdōkan
Kazumichi Fujii
Soil Scientist
Shoichi Ishizawa
Tea master / Artist　
Tomohiko Sawabe
『ポタジェ』代表
Takeshi Yoro
Medical scientist / Anatomist
Koichiro Kokubun
philosopher
Yasuhi Hirai
Jutaro Mochizuki
The CEO of REDD inc. / Creative Director
Nobuhiko Ohtsuki
「DIG THE TEA」plannner, connector
Gouranga Charan Pradhan
a postdoctoral fellow researcher at the Research Center for World Buddhist Cultures of Ryukoku University
Lyie Nitta
CEO of tabel, Registered dietitian
Michael Ham
co-founder of Wild Orchard
Sharyn Johnston
the founder of Australian Tea Masters
Shizuka Tatsuno
creative director / designer
Tsunehiro Uno
Critic
Daniel Takeda
a music agent, writer and author of “Sekai to Watashi no A to Z” (The A to Z of Me and the World)
Kouta Minamizawa
Professor of Keio University Graduate School of Media Design (KMD)
Hikaru Saitoh
a researcher of science and sociology, a professor of Kyoto Seika University
Aki Kuroda
Contemporary Artist
Sayaka Ogawa
Cultural Anthropologist
Masamichi Sakagami
Brain Scientist, Director of the Tamagawa University Brain Science Institute
Pan Yu Ching
The founder of P. Seven, perfumer, a tea master
Tatsushi Fujihara
historian, Associate Professor at the Institute for Research in Humanities at Kyoto University
Dai Furuwatari
the iron artist, the representitive of To-tetsu
Katsumi Watanabe
a professor at the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Waseda University.
Yasuhide Uchino
The representative of the Shizuoka Japanese Tea Market,
Yoshio Moriuchi
the owner of The Moriuchi Tea Farm
Kiyoharu Tsuji
the fifth generation owner of the Tsujiki farm
Yeh Chen Kang
the brand manager of Hemel
Sunsuke Takagi
The owner of the Kyoto Ichijoji Brewer, psychiatrist
Tomoka Furuya
the founder of Tomo Cola and the Nihon Kusaki Lab (Japan Tree and Grass Lab）, perfumer, producer
Masatoshi Takada
the president of the “Shikohin Study Project” and honorary professor at Mukogawa Women’s University
Naoki Miyano
An associate professor at the Center for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary Education and Research at Kyoto University
Asuka Koganei / Hide Koganei
The owner of Asahiya
Yoshimoto Kohara
The CEO of Watayabesso
Ichiko Horiguchi
The founder of Cha-Su-Ru, tea master
Tsutomu Nishimura
The owner-chef of「MAVO∞」
Miho Mizoguchi
The owner of tea house Kokonotu
Naoto Masumoto
Founder of Kasuga Herbal Shop
Naoki Tenmyo
The owner of shisha hælo, The former of manager of Kannok
Eri Katayama
The manager of SAnoSA, The CEO of Kunpu Inc.
Tatsuya Uemachi
The ceo of secca inc., product designer
Yuichi Yanai
secca inc. Chief creative officer, product designer
Koichi Shida
The initiator of Itoshima Share House
Chiharu Hatakeyama
The manager of Itoshima Share House
Douglas Weber
The CEO of Weber Workshops, Design engineer
Takayoshi Sugiyama
Representatives of Sugiyama Farm
ENO SHOHKI
photographer, The owner of Yellow
Yoshiaki Kobayashi
Representatives of Kobako
Jo Ishikawa
The owner of Yellow
Tatsuya Minagawa
Owner of Highlander Inn / Bartender
Takahiro Shiramizu
The CEO of The Unagi no Nedoko
Takao Miyake
Tthe owner of CONNACHT TEA HOUSE
Yusuke Kakuhata
Explorer
Eiko Tanaka
a woodworker and lacquer artist
Masashi Ohmori
Professor Emeritus of Otsuma Women’s University / Dr .Tea
Rie Miyahara
Owner of ＋chocolat
Katsuhiro Hashimoto
The owner of The Sanga Incense
Ryo Iwamoto
CEO of TeaRoom and a tea master
Shingo Kuroki
Owner of Shinryokuen
Kentaro Morimoto
Head of Horyokuen
Bunsho Hattori
Survivalist Mountain Climber
Aiko Ihara
Director of Tap & Sap
Elena Kudo
Deerlet Field Brewery / brewer
Masakazu Shigeta
OSAJI Brand Director
Toshimi Nishi
Owner of Nishi Tea Factory
Yoshihiro Tanigawa
Philosopher
Akito Inoue
game researcher
Kazuharu Sageishi
Owner of Sageishi Tea Garden
Takashi Maeduru
Owner of Maezuru Seich
Naoki Mita
Owner of Le Furo
Rei Horie
Distiller / Flavorist
Juichi Yamagiwa
Primatologist
Hidetaka Ishida
Semiotician
Shinichi Nakawaza
Anthropologist
Shinichi Fukuoka
Biologist
Takuya Matsumoto
Psychiatrist
Hiroki Azuma
Philosophor
Tatsuru Uchida
Philosopher
Tomohiro Amemiya
Professor Information Technology Center, The University of Tokyo Virtual Reality Educational Research Center, The University of Tokyo
Hisaki Horii
the eighth generation owner of Hekisuien
MASANOBU SUGATSUKE
Editor / President of Gutenberg Orchestra Co. Ltd.
Hiroshi Kawakami
Engineering Researcher , Professor at his laboratory at the Kyoto University of Advanced Science
Tomoki Yamauchi
Gardener and Art Scholar
Shu Fujita
Anthropologist, a specially appointed researcher at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Shinsuke Kimura
patissier
Kiruta Wataru
co-founder of Ochill
Daichi Isokawa
co-founder of Ochill
Chihiro Kano
ASTRA FOOD PLAN CEO
Misato Okaneya
World Kitchen Explorer
Kentaro Mitsuura
Mitsuura Jozo CEO
Shuzo Nagumo
mixologist / Head of Spirits&Sharing Inc,
Fumitake Ohba
Mixologist
Shiozu Takehiro
Plant researcher
SORRY KOUBOU Kaori Yamada / Sachiko Komatsu
Owner of SORRY KOUBOU
Yoshiko Takahashi
Chef
Takahiko Soga
Head of Domaine Takahiko / Wine brewer
Toru Takamatsu
Master Sommelier
Janni Olsson
Columnist and Model
Yi-Ting Wang
Founder and COO of DAYLILY
Keiichiro Matsumura
Cultural anthropologist
Hiroshige Takagi
Head of Takagi Farm / Chairman of the Kamikatsu Awabancha Tea Association.
Takahide Bando
Bando Foods,.Ltd. CEO
Jun Hayashi
Spincoaster Inc. CEO&Founder
Noda Klaxonbebe
The founder of The Sauna
Seiho
Trackmaker, Artist, and Producer
Masahiro Kikuno
Independent watchmaker
Keisuke Haze
Candle artist / The president of HAZE
Yusuke Murakami
Architect specializing in polar regions
Yasushi Ogawa
Amuchi
Sakura Tsuruta
Electronic music producer and DJ
Eiji Taniguchi
chef
Toshiaki Ishikura
Researcher of mythology / Anthropology of art
Hiroaki Oda
Owner of Bar iXey / Bartender
Toshiro Inaba
Director of Karuizawa Hospital, Doctor