BRAND / CREATOR

Kiyoshi Tanikawa
Tanikawa Mokkougei
The third-generation Craft Man

After working as a caregiver, he became a craft man, the third generation in Tanikawa Mokkougei, a craft company of the Japanese basin called Sanuki Oke in Kagawa 2017.His father, Masanori Tanikawa, the second generation, disagreed that his son becomes the third because the Oke market is getting smaller for the changing lifestyle. Despite his father's opinion, Kiyoshi Tanikawa decided to become the third. He invented a new Oke in which you can warm food with a microwave oven the same year, named the Sanuk-ben (Sanuki lunch box). In addition, by collaborating with designers and other companies, he is creating new products using his technical skills for Oke and struggling with the new Sanuki Oke, which matches our current lifestyle.

https://www.kinoibuki.com/

Kenji Yamamoto
Tanikawa Mokkougei
Director of Furniture

He started his career as a furniture craftsman getting interested in the field during working in a furniture shop as a part-time job and working in a furniture company when he was 20.While developing his technical skill in furniture, his task was changed to shop interior design. He made his style by directing a space design first, then a product there next, and started his space design company, Ogimachi Kougei, in Kagawa. Using the experience, he is in charge of a director of furniture in Tanikawa Mokkougei as well.

Masato Suzuki
Chief Designer /
MASATO SUZUKI DESIGN

A Japanese designer with a wide range of product design experiences from complicated robots, general goods, furniture, and BtoB products. He proposes concept-making, beautiful shapes, and corporate sites as a total design from the branding viewpoint. In 2022, taking an offer, he started collaborating with Tanikawa Mokkougei in an art event of Kagawa, Sanuki Remix 2, and will join the Sanuki Remix 3 this year.

https://masatosuzukidesign.com/

VENUE

HIBIYA OKUROJI ［G14］

HIBIYA OKUROJI, a commercial facility with a 100-year history, features a brick arch between Yurakucho Station and Shimbashi Station. Opened in 2020 in a 300m-long space under an overpass, it is a place where unique stores such as restaurants, fashion, and goods gather, connecting the city and people.

https://www.jrtk.jp/hibiya-okuroji/