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Tokyo 2024

Tokyo is not only the capital of Japan. It also seems to be on everyone’s mind right now. Plenty of people I talk to, have just recently been or plan to go to Tokyo. Here is your trend guide for…

December 1, 2024

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Hanging the exhibition on some of the best Swedish craft from the last 40 years. At Stadsmuseet. For Svensk Hemslöjd.

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My report from Tokyo. Go check out at: www.trendstefan.se

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Podcast in Swedish about Christmas. Twice per week we talk about seasonal traditions and trends. Last episode we glanced on some international Christmas findings. Get it on Spotify or anywhere where you find your podcasts.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0uTmNfx9ugFBVXNhW59Jik?si=qUgaRkYnSceLrPMoGAyP3w

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More from my craft exhibition at Stockholm Stadsmuseum. Here embroidery on ceramics by Caroline Harrius. Exhibition opens on Thursday next week.

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Preparing for the exhibition I am curating in Stockholm. For Svensk Hemslöjd. Vernissage next Wednesday. Here a chair by Elin Jantze.

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My monthly spread in LGBTQ magazine QX. Christmas is coming so of course we need a sausage in our tree. Also the annual Christmas ornament by Svenskt Tenn. And this month’s no, no, no - guys who fold the collar up. Stop. It is not 1987 any longer. Not retro and not fun.

Out now or online.

#lgbtq #gay #gaychristmas #christmas

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Good bye Tokyo.

#tokyo

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More Teamlabs in Tokyo

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Teamlabs in Tokyo.

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Back in Tokyo. Spent most of the day in Roppongi and new neighborhood of Azabudai.

Midtown is a mall with great design stores. Like Time&Style. Pic 2 is from that store. @timeandstyle.jp

Also pic 3. Found this new book by my friends Claesson Koivisto Rune here. @claessonkoivistorune @eerokoivisto

Pic 6 -10 from the design museum in Tokyo called 21 21(@2121designsight). Not super exhibited over the exhibition this time. But always a great stop.

From pic 11 and onwards from new Azabudai Hills by Thomas Heatherwick. Just opened. Super exclusive and premium.

Pic 13 public art by Nara Toshitomo.

Plenty of galleries in the space. One is Azabudai Hills Gallery. This time they showed Pokémon done by traditional Japanese art. Fun!!!

Last pic is gallery Pace which is more classical.

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More pictures from Kyoto.

Pic 1-2 from store Mandrake that fokus on vintage collectibles.

Pic 3 one more from D&Department

Pic 4 - bonsai shop in the geisha quarters.

Pic 5 - one of the first concrete houses built in 1927.

Pic 6-8 cute puppy and cat cafes

Pic 9-10 - vintage shopping

Pic 11 -13 from fancy fashion shopping at Graphpaper.

And just random stores. For instance Issey Miyaki with Bouroullec.

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Dog temple. Miss my beagle. #tokyo

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Shinjuku nights.

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Day three in Tokyo. Started out at gameing neighborhood Akihabara. Weeeeeell. A luke warm five. You walk around among teenagers and tourists… after ten minutes everything feels repetitive. Of course strange to see food being turned into game prices.

BUT. At Akihabara is a fairly new craft ”district”. Under the railway tracks you find 2k540. Nice. And good shopping.

We were supposed to go to Teamlabs after this but a bit of a gameing overload so we postpone that til Monday. Instead we stayed outdoors at Kagurazaka. Also known as ”little Paris”. I don’t really see the resemblance… but super cute neighborhood. Old geisha houses turned into super exclusive restaurants. I guess this is the place where international chefs go for inspiration.

Tonight will be yakitori and tomorrow a few days in Kyoto.

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Pringles with sweet flavor and getting your branded ice for your ice coffee. Strange…

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Dinner and sake. #tokyo

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Tokyo day one. Trying to handle jetlag so mainly hanging out in the area where the hotel is. Shibuya with Cat Street and Omotesando. Staying at lovely Trunk Hotel.

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First place on the most listened podcasts in Sweden.

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Recorded a new segment for our podcast Under Granen (”under the Christmas tree”). Today we tried the new Christmas milkshake at the burger chain Max. Scores, talks and trends will come soon.

@helenalyth.se #undergranen

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