COMING SOON
THE JOURNAL
A guide to Japanese stationery, from a man who owns too much of it
On Midori, Tombow, Hobonichi, and why the £30 notebook is a better deal than it looks.
THE JOURNAL
Longer reads, deeper shelves.
Essays and deep dives that don't fit the gift-guide format. On Japanese home life, design, language and food — written slowly.
THE FIRST ISSUE IS CLOSE
The journal launches shortly.
We're writing slowly and honestly. Below are the pieces already drafted — expect one or two a month once we start.
COMING SOON
THE TABLE
Bento boxes worth the hype (and three that aren't)
Six weeks of testing, one lunch a day. Here's what survived.
COMING SOON
THE HOME
Paper lanterns: the £12 buy that changes a room
Why Isamu Noguchi was right, and which Akari knock-offs actually pass.
COMING SOON
THE TABLE
The case for cooking rice in a clay pot
A donabe ruined supermarket rice for me. This is what happened.
COMING SOON
THE HOME
What a Japanese bath taught me about Sunday evenings
Hinoki wood, very hot water, and the case against the rushed shower.
COMING SOON
CULTURE
Five kanji you should actually know, according to my teacher
Yuri's list. Not the textbook list.