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TOYAMAKANAZAWA

ARTISTS

Yagi Takahiro (Kaikado)

  • EXHIBITION
  • EVENT

01/3

[Past work] Recreated Caddy, tin can. Collection of the artist.

[Past work] Recreated Caddy, tin can. Collection of the artist.

[Past work] Tea Caddies, tin can. Collection of the artist.

The store Kaikado has been selling handcrafted tea caddies since it was established in Kyoto in 1875. The shop has been supported by members of the tea, design, and interior decoration industry throughout its long history, with its products attracting loyal fans at home and abroad. Kaikado employees continue to make tea caddies by hand using the same techniques as when the store was founded. If the tea caddies are dented or warped, the shop repairs them so they can continue to be used. A recent Kaikado initiative has been to restore metal items, like old oil and tomato cans, using the shop’s traditional techniques. The objective is to create new value by continuing to use things that would otherwise be discarded, like canned goods purchased when traveling or sheet copper received from an acquaintance. Locoloco Higashi will feature these recreated cans in an exhibition and participate in a store collaboration.

EXHIBITION

HIGASHIYAMA AREA

H-4|LocoLoco Higashi No. 204

EVENT

Spice Aroma Tasting Using Kaikado’s Tea Caddies

H-7|InSpice Kanazawa

A Curated Selection of Coffee and Tea Stored in Kaikado’s Tea Caddies

H-8|Kissa Glider

Try Your Hand at Metalworking While Drinking Coffee with Kaikado Owner Yagi Takahiro

H-10|Garten

PROFILE

Photo: Michael Freeman

Yagi Takahiro (Kaikado)

b. 1974 in Kyoto. Yagi is the sixth generational head of Kaikado, a business producing tea caddies in Kyoto for nearly 150 years. While working to master the store’s original techniques of caddy-making, Yagi has shifted their approach from B2B to B2C marketing and is actively expanding into domestic and international markets. In 2012, Yagi launched the Go On project for members of his generation in Kyoto in line to inherit traditional craft businesses, and he actively promotes traditional crafts at home and abroad. His works are in the permanent collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, and the Designmuseum Danmark. He authored the book Empathy and Business (published by Shodensha, 2023).