Gensler is the world’s largest integrated design firm specializing in architecture, design, master planning, and strategic consulting. Founded in 1965 in San Francisco, the firm serves more than 3,500 clients with 50 locations and more than 6,000 professionals working around the globe. For more than 50 years, Gensler continues to be a pioneer of best space design, working in partnership with clients to offer solutions through design and to create a better environment.
With the motto “From Nagoya to the world!” TRUNK COFFEE not only provides great tasting coffee, but also transmits new possibilities and ideas from Nagoya to the world. They have 3 locations in Nagoya City, and roast their own beans in their own roastery. They oversee the whole process in order to serve the best coffee. They have also reached out to and worked with companies in more than 10 different countries all over the world, using coffee as a communicaiton tool to reinvent local arts and goods to offer to the modern world. For example, they have worked with a porceline maker in Gifu to create the ORIGAMI dripper, which was used at the 2019 World Coffee Championship, becoming known as the best coffee dripper in the world.
Discover moreStarting in 1996, Kenichiro Nishihara has been active as a sound director, composer, and music arranger, centering on fashion.
Currently, he is the sound director for fashion shows Fashion Week Tokyo and Paris Fashion Week, as welll as in retail buildings such as GINZA SIX and the new Daimaru Shinsaibashiten.
He released his first album “Humming Jazz” in 2008, and has 9 albums as of 2019. In February of 2019, he released the album “Elastic Afterwords,” which was number one on the iTunes charts in both the album and singles categories.
At Nikko Style Nagoya, he will share his belief, that “A great BGM is one that just exists around you, like air.”
To become a brand to make the world notice traditional Japanese artwork.
To pass the tradition we have received ourselves, to the future.
Shibori isa unique way of dying fabric, leaving white spaces to create a mesmerizing pattern. This art has been passed down from generation to generation for over 400 years in the Arimatsu-Naruumi area of Nagoya City.
suzusan is a modern twist on this traditional art.
Hiroyuki Murase, born as the 5th heir to suzusan, an Arimatsu Shibori business, was an aspiring artist who traveled to Europe, where he was inspired. With his
roommate, Murase started a business in Germany, creating products using Arimatsu Shibori to create more than just the traditional yukata wear worn in Japan, but objects that can be used in every day life in Europe.
Origami began because of baristas. And that’s why it’s delicious; that’s why it’s beautiful.
Listening to baristas, whose passion is the best cup of coffee, we created a mug that holds the most beautiful latte art; a mug that delivers the best tasting cup of coffee. We are confident that coffee lovers will approve and agree with us.
The Tono area of Gifu prefecture, where Origami is made, is abundant with nature, and has high quality clay. Skilled potters flock to this area. The pottery made here is known as Mino ware, and it makes up about 60% of Japanese pottery.
Origami was born in this area, boasting more than 400 years of history, providing the perfect cup to all coffee lovers, both in Japan and in the world.
Nicolai Bergmann Flowers & Designs is the first flower designing consultancy in Tokyo to do both floral designing as well as contemporary designing.
Founded by Nicolai Bergmann, a Danish flower artist, brings the confidence of Scandinavian style, influences from European floral designing, and the attention to detail and sensitivty of Japan all together to to create a unique style. At Nikko Style Nagoya, we welcome guests with a lobby brought to life by Nicolai Bergmann Flowers & Designs.
“Poursteady makes pour-over coffee better.”
When the founders of Steady Equipment were working in robotics with NASA in California, they visited Blue Bottle Coffee, a very popular cafe, and noticed the lines were getting longer and longer even though the barista worked on three drip coffees at a time. The NASA engineer and roboticist wondered if there were a better way to brew coffee. In 2013, they built their first prototype and entered the New York Maker Faire and distributed more than 800 cups of coffee. Later they were featured on a website that reviews new products, and they won an award for their ingenuity. This led to the birth of Poursteady as an official product.
Discover moreDJ / Producer / Radio MC. DJ Cartoon’s play style freely bounces between Tech House, Techno, and House. He has collaborated with Dubfire, Mark Night, Roger Sanchez, THE CUBE GUYS, ADRIAN HOUR, ATFC, and DAVID PENN at parties such as House Party “HOUSETRIBE” in Shibuya, and his resident party “WORLD-MARKETZ.” He has been the resident DJ at the TECH HOUSE Party “EDGE HOUSE” since 2019. He has also released an album, “LuXWALTZ selected by DJ cartoon,” which made it in the TOP2 for the Dance music charts on iTunes.
His solo work as CATN, “good morning ▲▲▲,” has also been used in a making-of video of a front cover photoshoot of BLENDA magazine, drawing attention from the fashion world as well. He became a hot topic when he played for world-reknown designer Kansai Yamamoto at his fashion event in 2016.
He has successfully opened pop-up stores in Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya, for the brand he produced, MESS THE MAN. It is a brand of street fashion, inspired by the youth culture on the dance floor. Starting in 2020, WORLDMARKETZ is also a part of a regular show on InterFM897 (Kanto area FM radio) in collaboration with TOWER DOORS, a curation media run by Tower Records, and with clubberia, Japan’s largest club music information website.
As for events, WORLD-MARKETZ has organized events all over the world: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Seoul, and Ho Chi Minh.
WORLD-MARKETZ connects people and music from all over the world to each other. They will produce the music in our Communal Lobby, bringing people from all over the world and from our local area together.
After earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in 2000, he launched his own clothing line, and his merchandise is sold at select stores all over Japan. Later he founded the group ENTIA Creative, for which he directed and designed.
In 2009, ENTIA Creative became a public company.
Not limited to desgining space, ENTIA Creative has planned, produced, and managed parties with promiment artists (both domestic and international), promotional campaigns for national brands, launch events, and more.
Since 2002, Hisanori H started work as a DJ. His playstyle ranges from glamorous yet emotional House Sound to hard Techno and progressive House Sound. He also has collaborated with many well known artists.
His unique background sets him apart in the music, fashion, and art world in Japan and in the world.
Geneva is a Swiss audio maker founded in 2006, and is known for bringing functionality and design together in their products.
The engineering team that worked on their speakers also worked in Hollywood, winning the Academy Awards 4 times in the Sound Effects category.
They are still currently working on achieving better quality to this day.
At NAVYS Inc., we have curated high quality audio equipment from overseas brands such as Tivoli Audio, Geneva, and Transparent Sound, and sell them in the country here.
Low heat, not just for hair. A new kind of hair dryer you can use to dry your body.
Louvredo provides prodcuts and services focusing on “Re-viii (restoration),” with their trademark, “everyone continues to shine.” FUKUGEN Dryer Pro can be used for the body as well as the hair, replenishing moisture back from head to toe.
We mainly produce kitchen towels. Using Chita cotton, a traditional cotton fabric made in the Chita region of Aichi, we use the traditional dying methods of Arimatsu Shibori (also from Aichi’s Arimatsu Naruumi area) to dye them.
History and traditions… they are all around us, and sometimes we do not see or know of our local traditions. We hope that you feel our local tradition and culture through our products.
Traditional art lives on by being incorprated into our daily lives.
“Shibori With Leather” We took Arimatsu Shibori, a traditional art from our home, and applied it to leather. The beautiful, gentle designs that come to life in the textures created in the process of Shibori. The beauty in the white space that is left. The supple, softness of the leather when it’s dyed. Picking the finest leather, we carefully hand-dye each piece.
Founded in 1919, Singama is a Seto-sometsuke ware pottery.
Shinano, a small town in the valleys of Mount Mikuni.
In a studio surrounded by mountains and rural Japan, the Singama pottery is born.
“Comfort” that you can feel in your daily life with making pottery that makes you feel the warm hands that created it, and with the beautiful blue-white patterns.
Tokyo Bike is a bike for enjoying the city and every day life. It has a simple design that blend seamlessly into your daily routine, and the perfect amount of functionality for wandering around the city.
It all started when we thought of the name Tokyo Bike. If a bike you ride in the mountains is called a mountain bike, then a bike that your ride in Tokyo is a Tokyo Bike. When you ride a bike, you get the unique experience of feeling the changing seasons on your own skin.
Travelers ride around the city just as the locals do, getting to know the locals and the culture more and more. We hope that Tokyo Bike helps you discover the area.
Combining natural fibers with techniques passed down by Japanese artisans, we create things that fit the modern lifestyle.
In order to create objects and tools we can use comfortably in our daily lives, we bring professional quality and a sense of modern life together.
Goodl life starts with good sleep. Lofty Pillow Factory, est. 1996 Lofty was founded in 1928. They invented the Kaimin (good sleep) pillow after extensive research and development. In 1996, they opened the first ever pillow store in Japan called “”Lofty Pillow Factory.”” Along with airweave, which falls under the same corporate company, they work with each customer to find the perfect fit.
Discover moreOhashi Gardens is located in the southern parts of Toyota-shi, in a town called Oshikamo-cho.
Toyota-shi is known for the automaker, but it is also one of the most prominent rice producers in Aichi prefecture, with its green mountains and water from the clear streams of Yahagi River.
At Ohashi Gardens, we have implemented the latest environmental control systems, making it possible to produce large tomatoes all year round, as well as rice and vegetable seedlings.
We have a fruity, nutrient dense tomato called “Momotaro Gold,” and a rich and tangy “Momotaro Hope.” We grow a large grained rice called “”Aichino Kaori (The Aromas of Aichi)” as well.
From the moment we first sow the seeds to the moment our customers taste the produce. We would like to be the bridge that connects everything.
A gift full of delicious flavors of the beautiful nature of Yatsugatake-mura of Shinshu.
At the foothills of Shinshu’s Mount Yatsugatake, at an altitude of 1300m, we make ham, bacon, pancetta, pastrami, and more, all by hand, using the unique flavors only found in the natures of Shinshu.
Not just bread to be enjoyed at home with your family, but a bread we can call a part of Nagoya food culture. Starting with bread for cafes, for specific foods made by hotel restaurant chefs, to custom order bread, our desire is to provide bread that customers can eat with confidence knowing they are getting the highest quality bread.
Discover moreOpening in January of 2014, at the Yanagibashi Market, the front door to the city, Y. Market Brewing is the only craft beer brewery in the city.
We hope you feel the surprise and excitement of drinking your first craft beer, the richness of the word of craft beer as you explore more and more, and above all, simply, the fun of having beer.
One cup. Lots of excitement!
Dilmah is a tea company that does not take tea leaves from multiple countries to blend. They only use tea leaves from Sri Lanka, and export the final product directly to over 100 countries, including Japan. Their passion is “fresh, pure Sri Lankan tea.” While you enjoy the wonderful aroma that you only get from the freshest teas, the profits go to the sustainable develpment of the local Sri Lankan area and its people.
Discover moreRonnefeldt was founded in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1823. Ever since, they have continued to manufacture tea in the same traditional, orthodox way. A private company, all of their teas are an original product. The teas, selected by the tea master, are then blended using their fine techniques. Ronnefeldt is well loved by fans all over the world.
Discover more5-20-13 Meieki, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya City
Aichi Prefecture 450-0002
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We will hold a special dinner event to enjoy traditional Japanese culture in a unique way on November 3rd; a seasonal dinner with special dessert plate and a show of a traditional Japanese dance performance by two geiko. Please check the event details and book your seat now!
