Dinosaur Sex
OK, so that’s an eye-catching title for a blog, but it’s a track on the new album by London-based Emmy the Great, who played a fantastic acoustic set in Tokyo last night with Tim from Ash. I thought the very …
Creative Industries
English country garden style in urban Tokyo
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UKTI Japan, Posted on:
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clothing and fashion, Creative Industries, Fashion & Accessories
You might think that opening your new store in central Tokyo on 11 March, the day when the largest earthquake in a thousand years hit, constituted a pretty bad omen. In fact, Cabbages and Roses, the British interiors and clothing …
Getting Arty at the Tokyo International Gift Show
Demonstrating children’s colouring products at a gift show in Japan brought back memories of my childhood. This may sound a strange activity for us to engage in, but this is just one very practical way we can support UK companies …
Harris Tweed Hits Japan this Winter!
The UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) Japan team carried out research earlier this year to investigate the potential of Harris Tweed in the Japanese lifestyle and interiors market. The research was carried out through the UKTI OMIS service, a flexible …
Anya Hindmarch pops into Tokyo Fashion Showcase
UKTI London Region and UKTI Japan jointly organised The UK Fashion Showcase on 9 and 10 November in Tokyo’s fashionable Aoyama. The Showcase featured 22 UK companies covering men’s, ladies’, children’s wear, shoes, accessories and jewellery. This year’s Showcase attracted …
Designs on the Japanese market
Under the branding of "DesignUK", the UKTI Japan team hosted our annual design service mission to Tokyo in the week commencing 25 October. It was designed (no pun intended) to coincide with Tokyo Designers Week, which generates a similar buzz …
Yama Girls on the fashion trail!
Hiking and enjoying the outdoors is experiencing a big boom in Japan, especially amongst young women. Dubbed “Yama Girls” (yama is the Japanese word for mountain), the women often wear the latest hip hiking fashion – hi-function tights or shorts, …
SINK OR SIWM (no, that's not a typing error)
What do Halls cough sweets, the Typhoon fighter jet and a Naked garden party have in common? Up until last month the answer would probably have been nothing at all, though all suggestions welcome - could make for a good …
Returning to the land of Cool Biz and Summer Sonic
Do you know the lyrics to all the tracks on Two Door Cinema Club’s debut album? No, neither do I, but tens of thousands of young Japanese people do, as I discovered when on my first weekend in Japan I …
Creative workshops at Shanghai Expo – helping Chinese brands go global
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Christine Losecaat, Posted on:
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China, Creative Industries, Innovation, Marketing
I’ve recently returned from the Shanghai Expo where I helped to co-host two creative workshops. They were part of UKTI’s ‘Sowing the Seeds of Creative Partnership’ programme of business events for the creative industries. Shanghai is truly is an Expo …